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CIVIC AND MILITARY 



DEMONSTRATION 



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I 'JAMES MONROE, 



Fifth President of the United Statgs, 



FROM 



NEW-YORK TO VIRGINIA. 

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NEW-YORK: 

PUBLISHED BY U D O L P II O WOLFE 

ri Nos. IS, 20, AND 22 BEAVER STREET. 

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by 

UDOLPHO WOLFE, 

in tlie Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States for 
the Southern District of New-York. 



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PniNTER, STEREOTVI-KK, A.VD BIXDKR, 
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JS^ TO THE 



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SEVENTH reghmeistt. 



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whose high military character, perfection of drill, and whose gentlemanly deport 
ment, have contributed to elevate the profession of the 
Citizen Soldier, reflecting honor upon them- 
selves and their country, 



THIS HISTORIC RECORD, 



0OMMEMOKAT[NQ TUT. LAST MTI.ITAEY AND CIVIC OnSEQTIlES OF 



I a m £ s P n r 1 , 



is respectfully and gratefully dedicated by the undersigned, a Virginian, the son of 

a citizen soldier of the Old Dominion, who was a favored friend 

of that pure and patriotic President. 



New-York, Aiigu-it, 1858. 



UDOLPHO WOLFE. 
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I N T 11 D U C T I N . 



The removal of the honored remains of James Monroe, 
from then* quiet resting-place, in the city of New-York, 
to the State of Virginia, forms an interesting episode in 
the history of the country. 

He was the fifth President of the United States, Of 
this number, three, including himself, died on the Fourth 
of July — the Anniversary of American Independence. 

Of the whole number, he, alone, died beyond the 
bounds of his native State. Washington, Adams, Jeffer- 
son, and Madison, each expired within the State of his 
nativity. 

He did not, however, die amidst strangers, for the 
whole Union was his home, and the entire nation mourn- 
ed his loss. 

To Virginia, wiiich had shared so largely and benefi- 
cially in his public services, Avas his memory ever dear ; 
but, knowing that wherever, in the bounds of the Union, 
he fell asleep, his grave would be Avatched and cherished 
by his patriotic fellow-citizens, she was slow to reclaim 
his remains. 



\1 IXTllODUCTIOX. 

ll:iil he died on a tbreign soil, the whole nation would 
have, at the moment, claimed the restoration of his body. 

Virginia, however, never ceasing to remember the 
deeds of her illustrious dead, or to cherish with profound 
respect the memory of their ashes, determined to ask the 
consent of New-York for the removal of Mr. Monroe's 
remains from that noble city, to the shades of Hollywood, 
on the banks of the James River, there to rest, amidst 
the hills and groves, over which had strolled her Wash- 
ingtons, Henrys, Jefiersons, Madisons, Marshalls, Lees, 
and others. 

She desired to have his future monimient rise in sight 
of the ancient seat of the House of Burgesses, whose walls 
and grounds had resounded with the eloquent strains of 
Henry, when he had declared in the face of the minions 
of tyranny : " Give me Liberty, or give me death." 

Virginia, with becoming State pride, and respect for 
the memory of her sons, who have, by their deeds of 
valor in the field, and wisdom in the Senate, won the 
gratitude of the people, and reflected honor upon their 
country, has determined to gather their remains, as far 
as possible, beneath a grand mausoleum, near the capital 
of the State, to which coming generations may point, 
with patriotic recollections of the virtues and services of 
those who sleep in llie consecrated soil beneath. To 
Iniild a monument which shall be more precious and en- 
during, because commemorative of nobler deeds and ends, 
than the obelisk of Egypt, the tomb of Themistocles, or 
the column of Adrian, which have withstood the storms 
of thousands of years. 

Virginia, so fruit fiil in the production of men who have 



INTKODUCTIOX. Vll 

won laurels, in civil and military life, has reason to cher- 
isli their memories. Were she to enumerate all born 
Avithin her borders, who have served as Presidents of the 
United States, she could claim no less than seven who 
have filled that high position, Ex-President Monroe 
having been the fourth who was elected, Avhile a citizen 
of that State. 

It is the first instance in which the remains of a Presi- 
dent of the United States have been translated from one 
State to another. And, under the circumstances, con- 
sidering the long, noble, and distinguished public ser- 
vices the deceased had performed, commencmg with the 
darkest period of our Revolutionary struggle, and end- 
in<r -with the brilliant and successful establishment of our 
independence, and in the firm union of States, under the 
guarantees of a noble Constitution, no succeeding gen- 



ts 



eration can ever hereafter behold a similar pageant. 

It was during his long and peaceful administration, that 
the country made silent yet rapid strides, in prosperity 
and strength. His rule shone out upon the country like 
the calm, soft rays of an autumnal sun upon the quiet 
fields and valleys of a variegated landscape ; where its in- 
dustrious people, redolent with health and joy, were 
peacefully gathering the ripening fruits of a prolific soil. 
His administration Avas the Augustan age of the Ameri- 
can Union. 

Then, sectionalism had not dared to raise its unseemly 
head. Its voice of disorganization — its hideous cry, and 
detraction of one portion of the country, and the over- 
laudation of the other, to subserve unscrupulous party 
purposes, was unknown. 



VUl IXTRODUCTIOX. 

Then, offices sought out men, and not men offices, re- 
gardless of their qualitications to fill them, or of the 
means by whicli they were to be obtained. Then, there 
were no armies of lobby-cormorants, united in schemes 
of knavery, to plunder the public treasury. 

"While public virtue was recognized and insisted on in 
all the departments of the government, the Chief Magis- 
trate himself set the strongest example of its practice in 
the daily performance of his duty, both in public and in 
private affiiirs. 

The period selected for the removal of his remains, 
was auspicious. 

During the twenty-seven years of his repose in his 
grave, into which he had sunk in poverty, great changes 
had taken place. The Union had grown into thirty-three 
States. The dark spirit of Sectionalism had crept into 
the Eden which he had left. Insensate strife and con- 
tests, threatening the stability of the Union, had weakened 
the spirit of concord and fraternal love, which had pre- 
viously animated the American heart. Patriotism was 
alarmed at the hideous cry of disunion, unblushingly 
uttered by unpatriotic persons, amidst the frenzy of 
jjarty rancor. 

The country had just passed tlirough the severest sec- 
tional contest to which it had ever been exposed. Alien- 
ation and distrust had been fomented, by designing and 
selfish demagogues, who endeavored to convince the peo- 
|ili' that their interest and happiness was exclusively sec- 
tional, and nut national, and tliat their triumph over 
another section, regardless of means for its accomplish- 



IXTRODUCTION. IX 

ment, was the highest evidence of poUtical skill and 
wisdom. 

Soon after the close of a feai-ful conflict, embodying the 
worst elements of political strife, Ave find, that by a hum- 
ble incident, Mr. Monroe's remains were called for. Pro- 
vidence, as it were, seemed, at this peculiar juncture, to 
have caused his resurrection — to have called up the spirit 
of '76 — the sj^irit of patriotism and of union, which had 
rested with his body, and hallowed his grave. 

His remains were borne forward with solemn recollec- 
tions of the j)ast, rekindling the spirit of fraternal union 
in the hearts of his countrymen ; while the evil spirit of 
sectional discord and disunion skulked away unseen into 
the hushed silence of its own darkness. 

New- York and Virginia, the North and the South 
shook hands over the cofiin which contained his honored 
remains, and renewed their pledges of eternal fidelity to 
the Union of the States. 

Though dead he still speaketh. He lived not for him- 
self. He sought no wealth, no reward, no nobler fame, 
during his whole life, than that of having performed his 
whole duty to God and to his country. 

His character and services were eloquently dwelt upon 
at the time of his decease, in 1831 — and also during the 
proceedings incident to the late removal of his remains. 
Orators were fluent in si^eaking of his patriotism and 
public acts. But we consider that the world never did 
full justice to his real merits. His abilities have, by su- 
{)«rficial minds, been underrated. The fashion has been 
to call him a good, but not a great, man. This idea is 
Avrongly based. If success, in all the departments of 



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->^ INTRODFCTION. 

Statesmanship, in which he distinguished liimself, was any 
evidence of greatness, then was Mr. Monroe a great man. 

It is not for us here, to recount his jiublic services ; 
but there were some which the usual notices of his life 
seem to have omitted. 

At one tune, before the acquisition of Louisiana, the 
Spanish Government demanded the relinquishment of 
our right to navigate the Mississippi River. This denial 
Mr. Monroe successfully resisted, and that in opposition 
to the views of many 2>rominent men. 

He was sent by Mr. Jefferson to France with the view 
of inaugurating measures, in concert with Mr. Livinff- 
ston. Minister resident in Paris, for the jrarchase of 
Xew-Orleans. 

When he arrived, he was sent for by Bonaparte, who 
offered to sell all Louisiana for twenty million of dollars, 
provided it was accej^ted at once. 

There was no time allowed to write home for instruc- 
tions. Mr. Monroe, on consulting with Mr. Livingston, 
found the latter was in favor of the purchase, but as Mr. 
Monroe was last from the United States, he left the sub- 
ject to him, who took the responsibility of concluding the 
bargain, without delay. A vessel was then immediately 
dispatched to the United States with the treaty on board.f 

After the purchase of Louisiana, the Spaniards claimed 
jurisdiction over the Pacific coast, fiom California to the 
British Possessions. This claim was resisted by Mr. Mon- 

* Seo "Memoirs of the Presidents of the United States and their 
Administrations." By Edwin Williams. New-York, 1851, p. 215. 
f Idem. P. 216. 



INTRODUCTIOX. XI 

roe, and the boundary-line between the United States 
and Spain was established, which acknowledged the Ter- 
ritory of Oregon, etc., as belonging to the United States, 
under its purchase from France.* 

He afterwards went to England, and fought manfully 
for the rights of our seamen, against the English claim of 
the right of search and impressment. 

As a member of Congress, under the Articles of Con- 
federation, he was the first to propose measures for the 
formation of a Constitution which should " secure a 
more perfect union." 

Under his administration, a more perfect system for the 
survey and disposition of the public lands was adopted. 
And the first pension laws passed, for granting relief to 
the soldiers and their families of the American Revo- 
lution. 

In 1814, while acting as Secretary of War, under Mr. 
Madison, he found that the Treasury was exhausted, and 
means were indispensably necessary to meet the concen- 
tration of British troops against N"ew-Orleans, and he 
found that forty thousand additional troops would be 
necessary to carry on the war, besides the sixty thousand 
authorized to be raised by an Act of Congress. Near 
the close of 1814, the fall of New-Orleans seemed ine- 
vitable. 

To raise funds for its defense, he pledged his private 
credit as subsidiary to that of the Government. By 
this act of devotion, he was enabled to furnish the neces- 

* See " Memoirs of the Presidents of the United States," etc. By 
Edwin Williams. P. 21G. 



Xll INTRODUCTION. 

saiy supplies. New-Orleans was saved, and a great vic- 
tory won for American arms.* 

This pure and great public benefactor closed his 
career on the 4th of July, 1831. 

The ceremonies incident to the removal of his remains 
to Virginia, Ave have endeavored to gather in the follow- 
ing pages. 

The most striking and prominent feature, attending 
their translation, was the turn-out of the distinguished 
volunteer corps, known over the Union as the National 
Gl'akd, or Seventh Regiment, who nobly acted as an 
escort to the remains from New- York to Richmond. 

Sketches of their movements on their voyage, their 
doings in Richmond, and their journey home, and the 
honor with which they were every where received, and 
the comi^liments every where bestowed upon them, and 
their soldierly-like conduct, are fully set forth in the suc- 
ceeding chapters of this work. 

There was a solemn grandeur in the ceremonies, which 
will long be remembered by all who witnessed them. 

The only circumstance which occurred to mar the 
pleasure of the trip enjoyed by the Regiment, was the 
accidental death of Laurens Hamilton, a young man 
greatly respected and beloved, and who was a worthy 
member of the Regiment to which he was attached. The 
facts relating to the melancholy event, and the return of 
his remains to the city, with an account of his funeral, 
are dulv recorded. 



♦ See " Memoirs of the Presidents of the United States," eto. By 
Kdwin Williams. P. 118. 



I 



ixTRODrcTioN. xiii 

We submit these pages to tlie kind consideration of 
the iDublic, and to the attention of the rising generation, 
who may learn, from the example of a great and good 
man, that their highest aspirations should be like his, to 
obey God, honor their country, and labor to defend and 
to preserve its liberty and union forever. 

Xkw-York, 1858. 



OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT MONROE IN 1831. 



The interment of President Monroe's remains in the 
Secontl Street Cemetery, took place on the Vth of July, 
1831, and was one of the most imposing ceremonies ever 
witnessed in New- York. The announcement of his death 
was appropriately noticed by the various legislative, lite- 
rary, commercial, and judicial bodies in New- York, Avho 
universally passed resolutions expressive of their high re- 
spect for the deceased, and in favor of attending the funeral. 
The body was taken by a guard of honor from the resi- 
dence of his son-in-law, Samuel L. Gouverneur, accompa- 
nied by his near relatives and friends, and deposited on a 
platform Avhich was erected for the occasion, and draped 
with black cloth, in front of the City Hall, where Presi- 
dent Duer, of Columbia College, but recently deceased, 
delivered an appropriate address. The body was from 
thence taken to St. Paul's Church, the pulpit and reading 
desk of which were clad in mourning, where the solemn 
service of the Episcopal Church Avas read by the Rev. 
Bishop Ondcrdonk and Dr. \Yainwright. 

The procession moved in the following order, as arranged 
by the Committee of the Common Council, of which Al- 
derman Cebra was chairman : 

Major-General Morton's Division of Artillery under arms. 
Two battalions of Infantry, in reversed order, as an escort. 

The Sexton. 
Tlic Rev. Clergy. 

Pall Bearers. 

David Brooks, 
Col. John Tisumbull, 
Gov. A. Ogden, N. J. 
Thomas Morris. 

Relatives of tlie Deceased. 



Pall Bearers. 

S. L. Southard, N. J., 
Col. Richard Varick, 
John Watts, 
j. furgerson, u.s.n. 


TIk' 

Hearse 

containing 

the 

Bo<ly. 



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OBSEQUIES OF 1831. XV 

Common Council of the City as moui-ners, in tlie following order : 

The Mayor of tlie City. 

The Board of Aldermen, headed by their President. 

The Board of Assistant Aldermen, headed by their President. 

The Officers of the two Boards. 

The Society of the Cincinnati. 

The Physicians of the Deceased. 

The President, Trustees, Faculty, and Students of Columbia College. 

The University of the City, Hon. Albert Gallatin, presiding. 

College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Foreign Ministers and Consuls. 

Marshal of the United States, and Sheriff of the City and County. 

Judges of the United States and State Courts, and the Recorder 

Members of Congress. 

Senate and Assembly of the State Legislature. 

Members of the Bar. 

President and Trustees of the village of Brooklyn. 

Officers of the Army and Navy. 

Militia Officers not on duty. 

Chamber of Commerce. 

• Board of Trade. 

Officers of the Customs. 

Wardens of the Port and Harbor Masters. 

Marine Society. 

Various other Societies. 

Citizen of Brooklyn. Citizens of New-York. 

The hearse m which the body was carried, was covered 
with black cloth fringed with gold. The national flag 
reversed, hung from the centre panels, and eight black 
feathers waved from the top, the hearse being drawn by 
four black horses. 

During the moving of the procession the city bells 
tolled, and minute guns were fired from Fort Columbus. 

The line of march was up Broadway to Bleecker street, 
the military forming in open order on each side of Bleeck- 
er and Second streets, while the balance of the proces- 
sion marched through into the Cemetery. After the body 
was deposited in the vault, the troops fired three volleys 
over the grave, and the procession marched out of the 
Cemetery in the same order in which they entered. 



XVI 



OBSEQUIES OF 1831. 



The leaden coffin in which the body was first encased 
was subsequently inclosed in a mahogany coffin, the sil- 
ver plate of Avhich bears the following inscription : 



JAMES MONROE, 

OF VIIIGISIA, 

mnh ■li'b 3ulii, IS31, .agcl) 7-<- gtars. 



It is mentioned as especially deserving of credit, that 
the shops were generally closed, and the hihabitants of 
Bowery and Chatham street, through Avhich the corpse 
was carried to the City Hall, had their stores and dwell- 
ings hung with black. 

Of all the pall-bearers who officiated on that occasion, 
it is believed that none now survive. 

On the demise of Mr. Monroe, public meetings com- 
memorative of regret for his loss and respect for his 
memory, were held in various parts of the United States. 
John Quincy Adams delivered an eloquent and feeling 
eulogy on his public acts as a statesman, and bore testi- 
mony, from long official intercourse, to his private worth. 

A large meeting was held also at Richmond, Virginia, 
in commemoration of the sad event, at which Bishop 
Moore was the eloquent officiating clergyman. 



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INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. 
— • • • — - 

Before entering upon a notice of the initiatory steps 
adopted by the Legislature of Virginia for the removal 
of Mr. Monroe's remains, and which Avere responded to 
by the authorities of New- York, we wish to allude to an 
incident, perhaps insignificant in itself, but of some inter- 
est, so far as it goes to form a link in connection with the 
history of their translation, which subsequently took place. 

A gentleman of Virginian parentage, resident in New- 
York, who had a knowledge of Mr. Monroe's burial- 
place, and who, from respect for his memory and public 
services, conceived the idea of putting on foot measures 
for having a suitable monument erected over his remains. 
With this view, he brought the subject to the notice of a 
prominent member of the Common Council of the city 
of New-York, who approved of his j^lan, and offered to 
introduce a resolution in favor of appropriating a suffi- 
cient sum for having the work accomplished. It was also 
contemplated, should his jjlans have been approved, to have 
employed a poor but young and promising self-taught 
sculptor, by the name of David Richards, to do the work. 

Before progressing further, however, the gentleman 
i-eferred to, thought it best to address a letter to His Ex- 
cellency, Gov. Wise, of Virginia, and learn from him, 
whether it was contemplated to remove the remains from 
New- York to Virginia, or whether they would likely be 
permitted to remain permanently where they were. 

To this letter the following reply was received, the 
views and sentiments of which met the concurrence of 
the gentleman referred to : 

Richmond, Va., March 20th, 1858. 

DeaeSir: Governor Wise has just received your letter concern- 
ins the Monroe monument, etc. 

He instructs me to inform you that he will imijiediately take steps 
to secure State action in a matter -which so nearly concerns the honor 
of Virginia. Yours, very respectfully', 

To A J , Esq., New- York. O. Jennings 'WifsE. 






ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGIiNIA. 



Ox tlie 2d of April, 1858, a resolution (a copy of which 
^\•ill be found helow) was submitted in the Senate, by Mr. 
Dencals, of the Rockingham District, and on his motion 
the rules were suspended for the purpose of considering 
it forthwith, and having been read, it Avas carried by — 
ayes, 2G, noes, none. 

On the same day it Avas communicated to the House of 
Delegates by the Clerk of the Senate, and other business 
being under consideration, it was passed over for the day. 

On the 6th of April, on motion of Mr. Lee, the dele- 
gate from the district comjiosed of the counties of Orange 
and Greene, the resolution was taken up and adoj^ted — 
ayes, 88, noes, 2. 

Resolution, appropriating a certain sum of atoNEY 

FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS OF JaMES MoNROE. 

Adopted April 6th, 1858, 

Resolved, by the General Assembly, that the sum of two thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be, and is 
hereby appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of the Gov- 
ernor, for the removal of the remains of James Monroe, Ex-President 
of the United States, from the public burying-ground, in the city of 
New- York, to the cemetery at the city of Richmond, in Virginia, for 
interment: provided, that upon inquiry, lie may deem it proper, and 
6uch removal may meet with the approbation of the family. 



PROCEEDlNGfS 

OF 

VIRGINIANS, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, 

i.\ THE 
CITY OF NEW-YORK AND ITS VICINITY. 



As soon as it became known that the Legislature of 
Virginia had at its late session authorized the remains of 
James Moxroe to be removed from ISTew-York to Vir- 
gmia, the Virginians, and their descendants in New- York 
and its vicinity, held consultations, and resolved to call a 
meeting for the purpose of uniting with the city authori- 
ties in the ceremonies to be performed on the occasion. 

Accordingly the following public notice, signed by a 
number of influential Virginians resident in New-York, 
was published in the newspapers on the 1st June : 

" Removal of President James Monroe's Remains. — Virginians and 
their descendants, now in the city of New-York and its vicinity, are 
requested to meet at the Metropolitan Hotel, on Thursday evening 
next, at 8 o'clock, to make arrangements to participate with the 
citizens and Municipal officers of New-York, in the public ceremonies 
at the removal of the remains of President Monroe from this city 
to Virginia. 

J. A. & T. A. Patterson, B. W. Mason, 

James T. Soutter, John G. Oldner, 

Reuben Withers, A. S. Sullivan, 

Major Hill, U.S.A., Benjamin Dennis, 

J. W. Alexander, William H. Price, 

Chapman J. Leigh, Robert Blow, 

Peters, Campbell & Co., Gray & Glassell, 

John R. Garland, Henry Ludlam, 

Innes C. Adams, Brooks, Bell, Pace & Co., 

James M. Minor. and others." 



20 REMOVAL OF TUE KiiilAlNS 

The call -was duly responded to, and, at the time up- I 

pointed, a largo nuniher of Virginians attended. 1 

The proceeding wliich -were had upon that occasion, " 

we give as follows : 

A meeting of Virginians and their descendants, noAV ll 

in New- York, convened by public notice, to take action II 

on the subject of uniting with the public authorities of 
the city in the ceremonies proposed on the occasion of v; 

the removal of the remains of President Monroe to his ' 

native State, Avas held at the Metropolitan Hotel, on 
Thursday evening, 3d June. Major Henry Hill, U.S.A., 
was, on motion of Mr. Sullivan, called to the chair, and 
W. H. Price appointed Secretary. 

The Chairman explained the objects of the meeting, 
and stated that he had received a communication from 
Lieut.-Gen. Scott, expressive of regret for his unavoida- 
ble absence, and conveying a sense of his concurrence 
and sympathy with the objects of the meeting. 

Apologies were made for the absence of Mr. J. T. 
Soutter, Mr. Reuben Withers, and others. 

Mr. Algernon Sidney Sullivan, who had taken an ac- 
tive interest in getting up the meeting, stated that he 
had consulted with Mr. Ludlam, the agent of the steamer 
Jamestown, and that it had been suggested that the 
ceremony of the removal should take place on the 2d 
July, and that his remains be placed on board that steamer 
on the 3d, so as to arrive in Richmond on the 5th July. 

A committee of Hve was, on motion of Mr. A. B. Wood, 
appointed to prepare business and draft resolutions, and 
present a plan for the action of the meeting. The Chair- 
man appointed on this Committee Mr. A.R. Wood, A. S. 
Sullivan, Dr. B. Dennis, James A. Patterson, and R. Blow, 
Dr. Jones, at their request, being added to the Commit- 
tee. The Committee, after a brief retirement, reported 
as follows : 



OF JAMKS MONROE. 21 

" Resolved, That with sincere reverence for the character and pa- 
triotism of James Monroe, and in generous sympathy with the pride 
which has prompted the State of Virginia to remove his honored 
remains to the soil of Ids native State, we desire to participate in 
the ceremonies of the occasion. 

" Resolved, That a Committee of thirteen be appointed to corre- 
spond with the authorities of Virginia, and of tliis city, on the sub- 
ject, to obtain other information, and to make tlie arrangements for 
carrying out the design of this meeting, and that said Committee 
report to another meeting, to be hereafter called." 

On motion, a nominating Committee was appointed to 
present the names of persons to the meeting to serve on 
the Committee of Arrangements, who, after a brief retire- 
ment, reported the following list of names, which were 
accepted by the meeting, namely : 

Major Henry Hill, U.S.A., Chairman, 

Robert Blow, Esq., William Bell, Esq., 

Dr. B. Dennis, James S. Glassell, Esq., 

James A. Patterson, Esq., James F. Shejiherd, Esq., 

A. S. Sullivan, Esq., Michael Hart, Esq., 

D. T. C. Peters, Esq., James T. Soutter, Esq., 

C. J. Leigh, Esq., Col. William M. Peyton, 

Gen. C. R. Wheat, William H. Price. 
Dr. William Banks, 

On motion, A. S. Sullivan and D. H. Peters were 
added to the Committee, making it consist of fifteen. 
On motion. Dr. Jones was also added to the Committee, 
but who, at his urgent and respectful solicitation, was 
excused from serving. 

Col. William M, Peyton was, on motion at a subse- 
quent meeting, added to the Committee, which made it 
consist of sixteen, complete as above. 

The Committee of Arrangements subsequently ap- 
pointed the following persons, members from its body, as 
a Committee of Correspondence, etc. : 

A. S. Sullivan, Esq., Michael Hart, Esq., 

James A. Patterson, Esq., William Bell, Esq. - 

C. J. Leigh, Esq., 



22 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

DurincT the eveninsr, rcm.avks were addressed to the 
meeting l)y Gen. Wheat, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Harris, Dr. 
Jones, and others. The latter referred to his correspond- 
ence in jNIarch last with Gov. Wise, regarding the re- 
moval of Mr. Monroe's remains, and of a proj^osed monu- 
ment to be erected over them, should they be allowed to 
rest permanently in New-York. 

He also paid a high compliment to the deceased, whom 
he had seen in the village where he was attending school, 
and that at his second election of Chief Magistrate of the 
United States, he had received the unanimous support of 
the entire voting population of the county in which that 
village was situated. 

Gen. Wheat hoped that this meeting of Virginians and 
their descendants, in such a patriotic cause would subse- 
quently lead to the formation of an Old Dominion Society. 
He also spoke eloquently in regard to the character of 
the deceased. 

Mr. Harris also concurred with the views expressed by 
Gen. Wheat, and complimented the city of New-York, 
in which he bad resided for a great many years. 

There being no further business before the meeting, it 
was adjourned, to meet at the call of the Committee of 
Arrangements. 



OP JAMES MONROE. 23 

SECOND MEETING 

OF THE 

VIRGmiA^^S AT THE METROrOLITAN HOTEL, 

JUNE 22. 



Major Henry Hill, the Chairman, called the meeting 
to order, when the Committee of Arrangements made a 
partial report. 

Lieut.-Col. Lefterts, of the National Guard, was intro- 
duced, who made known to the meeting the arrange- 
ments then in progress by the National Guard to accom- 
pany the remains of Mr. Monroe to Richmond. Lieut. 
Winchester, Quarter-master of the Regiment, was also in- 
troduced to the meeting. 

Col. Leiferts politely extended an invitation to the 
Committee of Virginians, in New- York, to accompany 
the Seventh Regiment, in the Ericsson, to Virginia, and 
stated that they had extended a similar invitation to the 
Committee of the Common Council. 

The Committee of Arrangements stated that they had 
ordered an appropriate badge to be executed, on which 
was represented the coat of arms of Virginia. They also 
stated that the appointment of pall-bearers was not com- 
plete, and that the Committee would not be able to give 
the list in full until the next meeting. The Chairman 
stated, that, in a conference w^ith the Committee of the 
Common Council, the Virginians had been authorized to 
appoint eight pall-bearers of the thirty-three to serve on 
the occasion, and that the Virginians would be assigned 
a position in the procession next to that of the hearse 
bearing the remains of President Monroe. 



1'4 UEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Subsequently, the Committee of Arrangements, with 
whom the appointment had been intrusted, reported the 
following list of pall-bearers : 

Lieut-Gen. "Wixfield Scott, Robert Blow, Esq., 

]\[!ijor IIexry Hill, U.S.A., E. M. Greenavay, 

Howell Williams, Col. Wm. M. Peyton, 

James Monroe Minor, M.D., James P. Soutter, Esq. 

The Virginians and their descendants present were 
requested to sign their names with their address, in a 
book to be kept by the Secretary. 

On motion, it Avas resolved, that the Secretary have 
notices printed, and sent to all Virginians, and their de- 
scendants in New-York, to attend a general and final 
mass meeting, to be held at the same place, on the 29th 
June. 

On motion, a Finance Committee was appointed to 
obtain subscriptions with which to meet the expenses of 
the proceedings. 

Among those present were Col. Duiyea, Lieut.-Col. 
Leflerts, and members from the Committee of the Com- 
mon Council, who were severally and respectfully intro- 
duced to the meeting. 

The Committee of Arrangements was requested to 
remain after the adjournment, to form a plan of conferring 
with the relatives of the deceased, as to the best mode of 
I laving tJie disinterment made. 

Mr. Wm. II. Price, the Secretary of the meeting, 
stated that Mr. Udolpho Wolfe liad kindly offered the 
free use of his private residence in Fourteenth street, 
lor the meeting of the Committee of Arrangements. A 
sense of thanks Avas exjiressed for Mr. Wolfe's offer, and 
action on the subject referred to the Committee of 
Arrangements. 

The Corresponding Committee also reported that they 
had corresponded with the Richmond Committee, and 



OF JAMES MOXKOE, 2r> 

had 1-eceived from them an acknowledgment, expressing 
pleasure at the steps already taken, and hoping that the 
New-York Virginians Avould be accorded the honor of 
forming the immediate escort of the body. They Avere 
unable to report exactly the order of ceremonies, but 
thought that the body woiild be disinterred on the 2d 
proximo, lie in state, at the City Hall, until the morning 
of the 3d, and then be embarked for Richmond. 

The report was adopted. 

The Chairman read the folio win o- letter from Gen. 
Winfield Scott, accepting the position of one of the pall- 
bearers, which had been tendered by the Committee : 

"Washington, Juue 22, 1858. 

Dear Sir : It is my hope and expectation to be in New-York oii 
the forenoon of the 2(1 proximo, the day appointed by the proper 
authorities for the exhumation of President Monroe's remains, as I 
feel that there will be a special propriety in my presence on that in- 
teresting occasion, as I was one of the personal friends of the ex-Pre- 
sident, who attended him throughout his last illness, and closed his 
eyes. I, therefore, readily accept the position to which I have had 
the honor to be assigned by the Committee you represent. I remain 
yours trulj^. "Winfield Scott, 

Major H. Hill, New- York. 

On motion of Mr. .Pattei'son, it was decided to confer 
upon the Committee the power to appoint the delegation 
to proceed to Virginia, and on motion of Mr. Sullivan, it 
was decided that the Committee should wait upon and 
consult with the delegation from Virginia. The meeting- 
then adjourned. 

The Committee of Arrangements remained in confer- 
ence after the meeting, and considered the best mode of 
makins: the disinterment and removal of Mr. Monroe's 
remains satisfactory and acceptable to the relatives of the 
deceased, one of whom had by a letter written to Gov. 
Wise, expressed a wish to have the removal made with as 
little demonstration and as quietly as possible. 



2tj KEMUVAI. OK XHJi KEMAINS 

Tliu Connnon Council Committee had made all pre- 
liminary and necessary arrangements on the subject of 
delraying expenses, etc. While tlie friends of the family 
desired that the disinterment should be conducted in the 
most quiet manner, without display, and at as little ex- 
pense as possible. A sub-committee was appointed to 
wait upon Mr. S. L. Gouvei'neur and Col. Monroe, the 
parties in question, and induce them to yield to the 
wishes of the city authorities, and to the public feeling 
generally. 

The Committee then adjourned to meet at the same 
place at eight P.M., on the 26th inst. 

On convenhig at the time appointed, the sub-commit- 
tee reported that they had held a conference with Col. 
Monroe and S. L. Gouverneur, Sen., and S. L. Goiiverneur, 
Jr., and had prevailed upon them to yield their private 
wishes on the subject, and permit the civic and military 
procession to take place on the 2d of July ensuhig, as 
previously contemplated, with the imderstanding, that 
the disinterment should be privately made at five A.M., at 
the Marble Cemetery in Second street, on the 2d July, in 
presence of the relations of the family, and of delegations 
from the Committee of the Virginians, and of the Com- 
mon Council. That the remains should be conveyed to 
a church, or to a private residence in Fourteenth Street, 
and to be afterwards under the control of the city 
authorities. 

This arrangement Avas ratified between the sub-com- 
mittee and the relatives, who reported jointly to the 
Committee of the Common Council, who concurred in 
the arrangement. 

The rei)ort was accepted by the Virginia Committee 
of Arrangements, who thereupon opened the doors and 
invited Col. Tx'fferts and Quarter-master Winchester into 
tli«' loom. 'I'lic (\)lonel stated that the Seventh Regiment 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 27 

had chartered the steamship Ericsson, and hoped that 
the Committee wouhl accept of the invitation to accom- 
pany the Regiment on board of that steamer to Virginia. 
He stated that the Regiment wonkl muster about five hun- 
dred men and officers for the excursion. 

It was expected that Mr. O. Jennings Wise, and Mr. 
Wni. Mumford, the Committee from Virginia, would 
have been present ; but it was understood that they had 
engaged lodgings at the New-York Hotel, where they 
had not arrived up to eight P.M. 

It was resolved to call a general meeting of the Vir- 
ginians and their descendants for the 28th June. 

The Committee then adjourned, after which, several 
members called upon Messrs. Mumford and Wise, who 
had, in the mean time, arrived at their lodgings. 

The Committee had agreed, on the suggestion of Dr. 
Jones, with the relatives of Ex-President Monroe, to 
visit his grave next day (Sunday) at six P.M., and they 
extended an invitation to Messrs. Wise and Mumford to 
accompany them. 

At the appointed hour, several members of the Com- 
mittee met at the New-York Hotel, and proceeded to the 
Marble Cemetery in Second street, near Second Avenue, 
in carriages. 

Among those present, were Colonel Monroe, and S. L. 
Gouverneur, (relatives of the deceased,) Major Henry 
Hill, Robert Blow, O. Jennings Wise, William Mumford, 
Colonel Lefferts, Quarter-Master Winchester, Chapman 
J. Leigh, Dr. Jones, and others. 

The vault in which the remains of Mr. Monroe rested 
was near the centre of a beautiful cemetery, kept in the 
neatest order. Mr. Gouverneur stated that he had pur- 
chased the vault, in Avhich his remains were interred, for 
five hundred dollars. 

After a pleasant stroll over the grounds, during which 
the Sexton and Mr. Gouverneur pomted out the tombs of 



28 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

several distinguished persons in the same grounds, inchid- 
ing those of General Morton, who commanded the mili- 
tary at Mr. Monroe's funeral in 1831, and also those of 
Stephen Allen, Thomas Addis Emmett, and others, the 
party returned to the hotel. 

^^■. 

THIRD AND FINAL MEETING 

OF THK 

VIKGLMANS AT THE METrtOPOLITAN HOTEL, 

ON THE THIRTIETH JUNE. 



Col. Wm. M. Peyton was called to the Chair, and Mr. 
Price was appointed Secretary. 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 

Major n. Hill, U.S.A., on behalf of the Committee, 
submitted a report in reference to the projected order of 
arrangements, in conformity with the programme adopted 
by the Common Council Committee. The report further 
stated that Mr. N. H. Campbell had accepted the office 
of Marshal of the Virginians, and had already conferred 
with the Grand Marshal of the day. The following 
named gentlemen had been selected as a Committee 
(with power to elect their own Chairman) on the part of 
the Virginian residents of the Metropolis, to proceed with 
the remains to the native State of the deceased, viz. : 

A. B. Wood, Chapman J. Leigh, 

James A. Patterson, Col. Wm. M. Peyton, 

William Bell, Major Henry Hill, U.S.A., 

Algernon S. Sullivan, Dr. B. Dennis, 

Major S. S. Anderson, Wm. 11. Price. 



I 



OF JAMES MONROE. 29 

A funeral badge had also been adopted from the de- 
sign of an amateur artist, a young Virginian — Mr, Wil- 
liam L. Shepherd. A courteous invitation had been re- 
ceived by the Committee from Wm. Mumford and O. 
Jennings Wise, Esqs., to go by the Jamestown, as the 
guests of the State of Virginia, and had been accepted. 

On motion of Mr. A. S. Sullivan, the report was ap- 
proved. 

Copies of the badge were then distributed. It was a 
very neat aflair, printed upon white silk ribbon, about eight 
inches long and two wide, with the following inscription : 

Ceremony of the Disinterment 

and 

Removal from the City of New-York, 

Of the remains of 

JAMES MONROE, 

President of the United States. 

A.D. 1817—1824, 

To Virginia, his native State, 

July, 1858. 

Ti-ibute to his memory by Virginians and their descendants in 

New-York. 

Here follows the Virginia coat of arms, with the well- 
known motto of : 

" Sic Semper Tyrannis," 
and the figure of Liberty, crushing the figure of Despot- 
ism beneath her feet. 

Notice was given on behalf of the Virginia and New- 
York Steamship Company, that the Jamestown would 
sail on Saturday at three P.M., " sharp," and all purpos- 
ing to go by her, were requested to be on deck in due 
season. A note having been received by Major Hill from 
Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, that the prostration of health 
would prevent his serving as pall-bearer on the 2d July, 
when, on motion, Capt. John R. Garland was appointed 
a pall-bearer in his place. 



30 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 



KEMABKS OF MR. MUMFORD. 

The Chairman observed, that no doubt the meeting 
would be pleased to hear from the Virginia delegation. 
He perceived one of them present, and would take the 
liberty of calUng upon him for a few remarks. 

Mr. Wm. Mumford, (from the Richmond Committee,) 
in reply, said that he did not know that he could say any 
thing to more interest the meeting than to give a simple 
statement of what had been determined upon originally 
by the authorities at home. The Legislature only in- 
tended to send a committee of gentlemen to take the re- 
mains from New- York to the place where they were to 
lie. New- York had indeed been kind and generous, and 
her people seemed determined to make a display that 
would do honor to themselves and to the memory of 
James Monroe. Virginia would respond to that gener- 
osity. The Seventh Regiment would be entertained by 
the city of Richmond during their stay, while the Com- 
mittee and Common Council would be entertained as the 
guests of the Governor and the State. The people of 
Richmond had provided a beautiful place for the repose of 
the dead. To that spot Governor Wise proposed to take 
the remains of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, and there 
they would rest beneath hoUywood trees, whose never- 
fading leaves would be a fit emblem of their undying fame. 
There, too, on the ojiposite side, was the tomb of Pow- 
hatan, and the spot where the Indian maid pleaded for 
the white man's life ; and there again, while their noble 
river would chaunt a peaceful requiem, there was the 
almost breathing image of their country's Father point- 
ing to those tombs on the hill — pointing to the virtues 
and integrity of those men whose remains would be 
quietly reposing beneath the hallowed earth. He assured 
the Committee of a hearty welcome in Richmond. 

Majoi- Ilill then read a brief resmne of Mr. Monroe's 



I 



OF JAMES MONROE. HI 

military and political career, which was much applauded, 
and which we give as follows : 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PRESIDENT MONROE. 

The following is a brief sketch of the remarks made by 
Major Henry Hill, U.S.A. : 

James Monroe, the fifth President of the United State, was de- 
scended from the Scotch on his father's side, and from the Welsh on 
the side of his mother, who was Elizabeth Jones, born in Westmore- 
land county, Virginia. Mr. Monroe was born on the Potomac river, 
in the same county, on the 28th of April, 1758, where, a century be- 
fore, his paternal ancestor, the original grantee, resided. He received 
his education at William and Mary College, and entered the Revolu- 
tionary army as a cadet in 1776. He was soon after appointed a Lieu 
tentant, and joined Washington in New-York in the summer of the 
same year. He was engaged in the actions at Harlem Heights, 
White Plains, the retreat through the Jerseys, and at Trenton, where 
he received a ball through the shoulder. For his gallantry and zeal 
in this engagement, he was jiromoted to a captaincy, and rose to be 
aid-de-camp to Lord Sterling, with the rank of ilajor, serving in that 
capacity during the years 1777 and 1778, and distinguishing himself 
at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. At Brandywine he 
fought by the side of Lafayette when that officer was wounded. 

Towards the close of the war Gen. AVashington conferred upon 
him the rank of Colonel, " but as he was unable to raise an army in 
Virginia, already exhausted by former conscription, he devoted him- 
self to the study of the law, under Thomas Jefferson." His sagacity, 
firmness of pui-pose, and plodding perseverance soon marked him out 
as one adapted for civil offices. He was elected a member of the 
Assembly of his native State in 1782, a member of the old Congress 
in 1783 ; was again elected to the Assembly of Virginia in 1787, and 
was a member of the Vii'ginia Convention in 1788. Pie was elected 
to the United States Senate in 1790 ; served until 1794, when he 
was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France. On the nomina- 
tion of Mr. Madison, he was appointed Governor of Virginia, an 
office which he held for three years. In 1803, he was appointed Minister 
Extraordinary to France, to act in conjunction with Mr. Livingston, 
the Minister resident there. This mission was of the greatest conse- 
quence to this country, and terminated in the acquisition of Louis- 
iana. The same year he was appointed Minister to London, and the 
next year Envoy to Spain. In 1806, he was again sent to England, 



:V2 IIKMOVAL 0¥ THK REMAIXS 

to negotiate in conjunction with Mr. Pinekney Avith tlie Fox Minis- 
trj-. In 181(J, he was again elected to the Assembly of Virginia. In 
1811, he was appointed Secretary of State by Mr. Madison, and lield 
that office until 1814, when, because the War Department was in a 
ver}' embarrassed state, and at tiie earnest solicitation of Mr. Madi- 
son, (against the advice of his friends, because it was then considered 
a lower grade of office,) he accepted of the administration of that 
department ; and the State department being left purposely vacant, 
he performed the duties of both these laborious and important 
branches of the General Government. lie refused, under these cir- 
cumstances, to receive the higher pay of Secretai-y of State. In 
1817, he succeeded James Madison as President of the United States. 
In 1821, he was reelected President by an almost unanimous vote, 
one member from New-Ilampshire voting in favor of J. Q. Adams. 
The Government of Mr. Monroe was characterized by a vigorous and 
enlightened patriotism. He encouraged the army and increased the 
navy, and in these matters his attention descended to minute partic- 
lars. He caused those foreign naval expeditions to be sent out to the 
West-Indies, the Mediterranean, the coast of Africa, and the shores 
of South-America, which gave instruction to our officers, augmented 
the number of our seamen, protected the national commerce, and 
caused the country to be universally respected by distant nations. 

He made vigorous exertions for the abolition of the slave-trade, 
and encouraged the establishment of the principles of free commerce 
with all nations. His resolution to defend the Independent South- 
American Governments against all European interference was bold 
and sagacious. He ordered the coasts to be accurately surveyed, 
and fortifications to be erected at the most important and most eligi- 
ble places. 

It was during his term of office that Florida was ceded to the 
United States. 

After his term of office as President of the United States, though 
Very poor, he refused the command of the army offered to him by 
John Quincy Adams, in 1828; but he did not disdain to accept the 
office of Justice of the Peace, which gave him no pay, in London 
county, Virginia, where he lived a sliort time. 

His character was one of high impulses of lionor and sterling in- 
tegrity of principle. 

At the end of his second term as President of the United States, 
Mr. Monroe retired into private life, and died at New-York, at the 
house of his son-in-law. Mi: Governeur, on the 4th of July, 1831, and 
was interred in a beautiful private cemetery of his finiily, the ccr«- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 33 

monies of liis funeral being conducted by the city, on a scale of great 
magnificence. 

In the language of John Quincy Adams : 

" Mr. Monroe strengthened liis country for defense, by a system 
of combined fortifications, military and naval, sustaining her rights, 
her dignity and honor abroad ; soothing her dissensions, and con- 
ciliating her acerbities at home ; controlling by a firm though peace- 
ful policy, the hostile spirit of European alliance against republican 
South- America ; extorting by the mild compulsion of reason, the 
shores of the Pacific from the stipulated acknowledgment of Spain ; 
and leading back the Imperial Autocrat of the North to his lawful 
boundaries, from his hastily asserted dominion over the Southern 
ocean. Thus strengthening and consolidating the federative edifice 
of his country's union, till he was entitled to say, like Augustus 
Cfesar, of his Imperial city, that he had found her built of brick, and 
left her constructed of marble." 

REMARKS OF COL. PEYTON". 

When Major Hill concluded his biographical sketch of 
Mr. Monroe, a call was made upon the Virginians present 
to add some remarks in the way of a commentary upon 
what had been read, but as there was no response from 
the audience, the meeting, at the suggestion of Dr. Jones, 
requested that their Chairman, Col. Wm. M. Peyton, 
should respond. Upon which. Col. Peyton rising, re- 
marked : 

That it would of course give him great pleasure to contribute all 
in his power to tlie gratification of an assemblage of Virginians. 
But, he said, he had been so entirely withdrawn from public affairs 
for many years, and had engaged so little in extemporaneous speak- 
ing for the last ten or fifteen, that he felt great distrust in himself. 
So much so, said Mr. Peyton, that even in the simple reminiscence 
and commentary called for, he would hardly have had the temerity 
to take the floor, but for the guide-boards afforded him along the 
route of his travel, in the valuable sketch of Mr. Monroe's life, which 
had been just read to the meeting, and for the execution of which 
they were so much indebted to the care, diligence, and fidelity of 
Major Hill. 

I listened, said Mr. P., to that sketch with the greatest interest and 
pleasure, and found my bosom swelling with pride that its subject 
2* 



84 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

W.1S a Virginia n. Under the glow of these feelings, said Mr. Pey- 
ton, with the pulsations of my heart, and the convictions of my 
mind controlled by the just and graphic picture of Major Hill, I will 
endeavor to give expression to some of the emotions and reflections 
wliieh animated me in conmion, I have no doubt, with all present, as 
we followed Major Hill along the pathway of Mr. Monroe's life, where 
all the mile-posts were inscribed with the cardinal virtues, and all the 
guide-boards pointed to his " country's welfare" as the great goal 
of a statesman's labors. 

It is a noble record, gentlemen, said Mr. P., a spotless escutcheon, 
under which every descendant may proudly write his name, and to 
which every statesman may revert as a pure fountain of patriotic 
inspiration. 

A gentleman near me, says Mr. P., asks me to give the meeting my 
personal reminiscences of Mr. Monroe, and my own notions of him as 
a man and as a statesman. This friend, said Mr. P., in mistaking me 
for a cotemporary of Mr. Monroe, gives me credit for a greater age 
than I am entitled to, or disposed to claim. I knew Mr. Monroe only 
as a boy knows an old man. I was just coming on the stage of 
action, and he was passing off. The effulgence of his light was dim- 
med and painfully flickering in its socket, when I first made his ac- 
quaintance. My opinion, therefore, of Mr. Monroe is not derived 
from personal recollection, but from the noble record of which I have 
just spoken — I mean the record read by Major Hill. 

Mr. Monroe, said Mr. P., is a noble representative of an age pro- 
lific in great men — men who had passed the ordeal and been chas- 
tened by the fires of a revolution on principle. Men whose ambi- 
tion was nurtured on wholesome food, and who, De Tocqueville, the 
great political philosopher of France, says, would have been intellect- 
u.al giants in any nation, at any period of the world. 

The aims of such men, said Mr. P., were always patriotic, and 
their claims to public favor and distinction were based on a laborious, 
energetic, enlightened, and faithful administration of public affairs. 
Coming forth from a revolution in which they had pledged to each 
other and to the cause, " tlieir lives, their fortunes, and their sacred 
honor," they set to work earnestly and honestly to put in motion and 
j;ive efiiciency and success to what they had created at so much cost 
of blood and treasure. 

It was, said Mr. Peyton, in the midst of such men, surrounded by 
such circumstances, breathing such an atmosphere of self-sacrificing 
virtue and heroic devotion, that Mr. Monroe learned his first lessons 
and bad stamped upon him the glorious impress of the age. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 35 

Mr. Monroe, said Mr. P., was born just one hundred years ago. Of 
course, on the 4th of July, 1776, the natal day of American inde- 
pendence, he was but a stripling of seventeen years. He had just 
been clothed with the Baccalaureate honors of old William and Mary 
College, in sight and hearing, if not witliin the very precincts of the 
temple where the thunderu of Henry's eloquence had first shaken the 
foundations of British power, and broken the magic spell of English 
authority. 

Having at so tender an age, said Mr. P., neither the years nor the 
experience to qualify him for influence in the councils of his countrj', 
he felt that h'e would be more useful as a soldier in the field. Ac- 
cordingly, with that " reliant modesty," if I may use such an expres- 
sion, which marks his whole career, he went into the army a simple 
cadet, which my friend Major Hill tells me, differs but Utile from a 
common soldier. 

Occupying thus, said Mr. P., an humble rank in the army, he had 
already, before he attained his majority, placed this island and all the 
coterminous country under the deepest obligations to his valor. He 
had, whilst yet in his " teens," fought in the battles of '■' Harlem 
Heights" and " White Plains." He had endured the jDrivations and 
sufferings of the memorable and disastrous retreat across the Jerseys, 
led the van and been severely wounded in tlie gallant attack on 
Trenton, and had distinguished himself so signally in the battles of 
Brandywine, Monmouth, and Princeton, as to elicit the admiration 
of all, and secure the good opinion and friendship of the immortal 
Washington. 

Being recommended to Virginia by Washington, as qualified 
for the command of a regiment, and the State making an inef- 
fectual eft'ort to raise one for him, he then, by the advice and under 
the guidance of Mr. Jefi'erson, turned his attention to civil affairs. 
In this path his success was but the counterpart of his military ca - 
reer. From the period of eligibility, he was called to fill first one 
important station and then another, advancing step by step from a 
seat in the Legislature to a seat in Congress. From presiding over 
the Commonwealth of Virginia as Governor, to a seat in the United 
States Senate. Then as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Courts of 
France, Spain, and England, when our government was just settling 
upon its foundations, and all its relations as one of the ftimily of na- 
tions had to be arranged, and that too, when the disturbing causes 
of the French Revolution had disjointed every thing in the old world, 
and the position of a minister could .only be filled by a man of expe- 
rience, ability, and courage. 



36 REMOVAL OF THE EEMAINS 

Returniag, said Mr. P., from these missions with his matured diplo- 
matic wisdom, to fill the first place in the Cabinet of Mr. Madison, 
and finally, as the crowning gkny of his well-spent life, called by 
his fellow-citizens to fill the highest place in their gift. I do not 
mean, said Mr. P., to weary you with details. It is not, said Mr. P., 
my purpose to dwell on the specific acts or the policy of Mr. Mon- 
roe's public measures; that would occupy too much time, and would 
require patient preparation to do it justice. I prefer for the present 
to dismiss all that, and take another view, in which, as is proper 
on such an occasion as this, all heads and all hearts may unite harmo- 
niouslj'. 

You have seen, gentlemen, said Mr. Peyton, from Major Hill's 
sketch, that the entire life of Mr. Monroe was spent in the service of 
his country ; and when viewed, now after the lapse of a generation, 
when the grave has closed over the little bickerings of party strife 
and the malevolence of rivalry, when time, in the exercise of its be- 
nevolent influences, has blunted the sharpedgesof political prejudice, 
you will find all men agree in saying that that modesty which is so 
often the accompaniment of merit, Avas one of his most striking cha- 
racteristics. That the self-sacrificing, enduring virtue, the faithful 
and laborious effort to discharge all public trusts with strict refer- 
ence to the public good, were traits to which he was justly entitled. 

All admit that he was unstained by low and vulgar demagogueism. 
That he never soiled the ermine of official position by dragging its 
robes through the dirty pools of pot-house sewerage. All agree that 
his views were broad, liberal, and statesmanlike ; while as the Co- 
rinthian capital to the noble column of his public character, sat In- 
tegrity presiding in peerless beauty, and pointing to a long fife spent 
in public trusts, all of which had been discharged without one dollar 
sticking to the palms of his hands. 

Living a lifetime, said Mr. Peyton, in the full enjoyment of the 
public confidence, without liaving in a single instance abused that 
confidence, and actually retiring from the Presidency, after a life- 
time of public service, so poor that a friend had to loan him a few 
dollars to reach his humble home in Virginia. This last fact I re- 
ceived from the gentleman himself who loaned him the money. He 
narrated all the facts to me last night when we were dining together, 
and if I were to give you the name you would see that its truthful- 
ness admitted of no question. This is true Roman virtue, said Mr. 
Peyton, and presents an example of patriotic fidelity, Avhich at the 
present juncture of our affairs, when offices are valued by the facili- 
ties afforded for spoliation, may offer a healthy rebuke to the corrup- 
tion of the times. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 3*7 

As to the private life of Mr. Monroe, Mr. Peyton said the breath 
of calumny has rarely touched it. It stands unstained and above 
reproach. His private, as well as his public life, courts scrutiny, and 
is esteemed in proportion as it is examined and understood. It is 
true, he said, that the envy and jealousy of ignoble minds had for a 
wliile obscured his fame, but tlie steady light of his deeds shone 
brightly upon his country, and dissipated the clouds scattered over 
his memory. The silence of the grave itself has only hallowed his 
memor}' and softened without sullying the splendor of his fame. 

When ordinary men of factitious reputation drop into the grave, 
said Mr. P., the public remembrance of them soon dies out. The 
Lethean stream passes over them and obliterates all remembrance of 
them and their deeds. But when men truly great die, their loss 
sinks deep into the public heart. Their acts are immortal, and after- 
generations, when enjoying the fruits of their labors and their genius, 
call them up for new honors at their hands — they reembalni them and 
offer up every tribute of gratitude and admiration. Such testimony, 
said Mr. Peyton, was the best evidence of true greatness, and such is 
the testimony in the present spontaneous outburst of a great nation 
in their distinguished and j^rofound homage to a statesman of another 
age. 

Mr. Peyton then drew as a corollary from Mr. Monroe's life, the 
lessons of virtue, patriotism, fidelity, and integrity taught by it, 
contrasting them with the lamentable deficiency of the times, and 
portraying in strong colors the immortal grandeur of the one, as 
contrasted with the narrow and ignoble baseness of the other. 

We regret that we are unable to follow the Colonel 
more fully to the close of his eloquent speech, or to do 
justice in our brief report to the ability he disj^layed in 
Hs delivery. His address was listened to with profound 
attention, interrupted by frequent bursts of applause, and 
at its conclusion he sat down amidst the cheers of all 
present. 

On motion of Mr. A. S. Sullivan, a Committee of seven 
was appointed to wait upon the Messrs. Leland, and 
thank them in the name of the resident Virginians of 
New-York for their extreme liberality in furnishing the 
Committee Avith all necessary accommodation for their 
meeting, free of charge. This Committee consisted of 
Mr. Sullivan, Col. Peyton, Mr. Lee, and Dr. Jones, who 



38 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

duly tendered the thanks of the meeting to the Messrs. 
Lelands, Col. Peyton acting as spokesman, to which Mr, 
Leland replied in a neat and appropriate manner, exj^ress- 
ina: the satisfaction felt bv himself and colleagues at beino- 
able to aflbrd a room for their meetings, Avhich Avould be 
at all times at their service. 

An adjournment sine die was then moved and carried. 

After the meeting had adjourned, sine die, on motion 
of Dr. Snodgrass, another meeting was forthwith called 
and organized, to consider the j^ropriety of forming here- 
after an Old Dominion Society in the city of New- York, 
for social and benevolent purposes. "Whereupon, Colonel 
Peyton Avas called to the chair, and William H. Price 
was ai^pointed Secretary. 

On motion of Dr. Snodgrass, a Committee of five was 
appointed, with authority to call a meeting, on some 
future day, of Virginians and their descendants resident 
in New- York and its vicinity, for the purpose of organiz- 
ing an Old Dominion Society in New- York. 

The Committee was accordingly apj^ointed, as follows, 
namely : Dr. Snodgrass, Robt. H. Gallagher, Wm. Bell, 
A. R. Wood, Col. Wm. Peyton, Wm. H. Price. 

It svas suggested that the anniversaries of the Society 
should be held on the anniversary of the landing at 
Jamestown, on the 13th May, 1607. 

After some general conversation, the meeting adjourned 
sine die. 



Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of New- York. 

At a meeting of the Board of Councilmen, held on the 
27th of May, 1858, the following Message Av^as received 
from His Honor tlie Mayor of the city : 

Mayor's Office, New- York, May 27, 1858. 
To the Honorable the Common Council: 

Gentlemen : Tlie Legislature of the State of Virginia passed, at 



OF JAMES MONROE. 39 

its last session, a resolution providing for the removal of the remains 
of Ex-President Monroe, now interred in this city, to Richmond, the 
capital of his native State. 

I have received, in connection with this subject, the accompanying 
letters, one from George W. Mumford, Esq., Secretary of the Com- 
mittee of the Legislature, and the other from Samuel L. Gouverneur, 
Jr., Esq., the grandson of the late President Monroe, in relation to 
the disinterment of the remains, and the time at which the removal 
thereof should take place. 

I would recommend that a Committee be appointed by your Hon- 
orable Body, to consult with the authorities of Virginia, and the 
relatives of the illustrous deceased, in reference thereto, and that 
such measures be adopted on the occasion as will not only testify the 
great regard of the citizens of New- York, for the memory of this de- 
parted patriot and sage ; but will express, at the same time, their 
deep sympathy with their brethren of Virginia, in the pious act of 
placing, within their own soil, the ashes of a distinguished and 

honored son. 

Daniel F. Tiemann, Mayor. 



Executive Department, Richmond, May 19, 1858. 
To THE Honorable Daniel F. Tiemann, 

Mayor of the City of Neiv- Yorl: : 

Sir: Your favor of the 17th instant, addressed to Mr. William 
Mumford, has been received. Since writing his letter, he has re- 
ceived information, stating who the proper representatives of Mr 
Monroe are, and while your kindness, in offering to obtain the infor- 
mation, is appreciated, it becomes now unnecessary. 

By direction of Governor Wise, I have now to request that you 
vpill, in your official capacity, as Mayor, grant the permission desired 
for the removal of the remains of the late President Monroe, from its 
present place of interment in New-York, to the city of Richmond, 
and that you will also obtain the like permission from your City 

Inspector. 

It is desirable that the representatives and relatives of the family 
should be present at the disinterment, if agreeable to them. I have 
requested Mr. Samuel L. Gouverneur, Jr., who is the nearest lineal 
descendant, to appoint the time for the ceremonies, and to confer with 
you to ascertain what time will best suit the authorities of New-York. 

Very respectfully, etc., 

George W. Mumford, 

Secretary of the Committee. 



40 EEMOTAL OF THE REMAINS 

Treasury Department, 
Washington City, D. C, May 21, 1858. 
Sir : I have received a communication from Mr. G. W. Miimford, 
Secretaiy of State of Virginia, asking my consent, as the grandson, 
and only lineal male descendant of the late Ex-President James 
Monroe, to the removal of his remains from the city of New-York to 
that of Richmond. He states that you have already been addressed 
by him, and consulted in relation to the details concerning the time 
and manner of the jiroposed removal. The action of the Legislature 
of Virginia meets my cordial approval, and it therefore now onlj' re- 
mains, (the consent of the city authorities of New-York being first 
obtained,) that you communicate to Mr. Mumtord and myself, the 
time and mode of removal, which would be most pleasing to your- 
self. I would merely suggest, that the Fourth of July, the anniver- 
sary of his death, might, with propriet}', be selected as the day on 
which his remains should either leave New- York, or be received in 

Richmond. 

I am, Sir, respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

Saml. L. Gouverneur, Jr, 
Daniel F. Tiemann, Esq., 

Mayor of New- York. 

In connection therewith, Councilman Judson oiFered 
the following resolution : 

Resolved, That a Select Committee of five be appointed, to confer 
with a like Committee of the Board of Aldermen, (if appointed,) and 
his Honor the Mayor, to make the necessary arrangements to further 
the object of removing the remains of E.v-President James Monroe, 
by the authorities of the State of Virginia, from this city to Rich- 
mond, Virginia, and that the Comptroller b«, and is hereby directed 
to pay the expenses thereof, provided that they do not exceed the 
sum of ($1500) fifteen hundred dollars. 

Councilman Cross moved to strike from the resolution 
the appropriation of money. 

Which was carried. 

Subsequently, Councilman Dunn moved a reconsidera- 
tion thereof. 

Which was carried. 

On motion of Councilman Dunn, the first part of the 



OF JAMES MONROE. 41 

resolution, ending with the word "Virginia," was then 
adopted. 

The Resolution, as amended, was sent to the Board of 
Aldermen for concurrence. On reaching that body, it 
was amended by adding one thousand dollars to the fit- 
teen hundred — making the sum twenty-five hundred 
dollars, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the 
removal of the Ex-President's remains. 

The Board appointed the following persons a Commit- 
tee of five, to act wath the same number, on the part of 
the Common Council, as a joint Committee of Arrange- 
ments, to superintend the removal. 

The Committee named were : 

Thomas ^Y. Adams, Michael Murray, 
Michael Tuomey, John Lynes, 

James Owens. 
As amended, the resolution was sent back to the Board 
of Councilmen, when on motion it was adopted, nem. con., 
and the following Committee of five appointed to act, 
with a similar Committee, on the part of the Aldermen, 
as a joint Committee of Arrangements, namely : 

Charles H. Haswell, Thomas A. Dunn, 
George P. Bickford, Charles G. Cornell, 
Seymour A. Bunco. 

The joint Committee thus appointed by the Common 
Council, held a preliminary meeting on the iVth June, at 
Avhicli Thomas W. Adams was chosen to act as chairman, 
when, after the transaction of some informal business, the 
Committee of Arrangements adjourned to meet again on 
the 19th June. 

On assembling in the City Hall, at the time appointed, 
Richard Scott w^as appointed to act as Secretary to the 
meeting. 

After discussing proposed plans to carry out the cere- 
monies, in a becoming manner, sub-committees were 



42 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

appointed to correspond Avith the Virginia anthorities, to 
t-onsult with tlie Mayor, and investigate the most suit- 
able means for carrying out the wishes of the Common 
Council, when the Committee adjourned to meet again on 
the 2 2d June. 

Competition of tlie Military to escort the Remains to "Virginia. 

At the time appointed, June 22d, the Committee of 
Arrangements reassembled, according to appointment. 

Alderman Adams presided, and when the Committee 
was organized, he directed the Clerk to read the follow- 
ing dispatch, received from the Secretary of the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements at Richmond. The Clerk read 

as follows : 

Richmond, June 15, 1858. 
To Daniel F. Tieman, Mayor of New- York : 

The Committee will remove the remains of President Monroe from 
the cemetery to the steamboat on the 3d of July next, at four o'clock 
in the evening. For this purpose they will be in New-York on tlie 
26th inst., and they will conform to the arrangements of the Common 
Council of the city. GEORGE W. MUMFORD, 

See. of State. 

The communication was ordered to be placed on file. 

The Chairman now asked if there w'as any one in the 
room that desired to consult with the Committee, or sub- 
mit any proposition for their consideration. 

Major Henry Hill, of the United States Army, as Chair- 
man of the Committee of Virginians in New-York, arose 
and said : Mr. Chairman : The object of the Committee 
appointed by the Virginians of New-York, is to cooper- 
ate wdth the citizens of New- York in the removal of the 
remains of President Monroe to Richmond. We want 
to haA'e the views of the city of New- York before we 
can act, and we now desire to have these views made 
known through this Committee. We are only a Com- 
mittee, however, of Virginians, by birlh or descent, resi- 
dent in New-York, and we desire the information in order 



OF JAAIES JIONROE. 43 

to be able to report. We would desire to act as a guard of 
honor, as pall-bearers, or in some other like capacity. 

The Chairman of the Committee replied that he would 
lay the matter before the Committee, and he felt assured 
that they would aiford the Major all the information and 
facilities in their power. 

Colonel Lyons, of the Eighth Regiment, next took the 
stand. He said that he represented the Eighth Regi- 
ment and portion of the Committee of the corps who 
have been considering the present matter. He would 
request that the Committee of the Common Council 
would review the claims of the Regiment as the citizens 
of New- York, and as that corps was the tirst to apply to 
be appointed to escort the remains of President Monroe 
from New-York to Virginia, he hoped they would be al- 
lowed the privilege of forming the escort. The Regiment 
would be satisfied to defray their own expenses, if neces- 
sary, and would have the requisite number of men which 
the Committee might designate. 

Capt. Blauvelt, of the same Regiment, next rose and 
urged the claims of the Regiment, on the grounds, first, 
that it is one of the oldest corps in the State ; secondly, 
that they have not pushed themselves forward in any 
matter of this kind for many years ; and thirdly, they are 
equal in every respect to any Regiment in the city, except 
in point of numbers. 

The Chairman announced that the Committee would 
take the matter into consideration. 

A motion was made to appoint a Sub-Committee of 
Arrangements. 

Considerable argument followed ; but it was finally 
lost, and the Committee then went into recess for fifteen 
minutes. 

The recess having expired, Maj. Hill came again before 
the Committee and said : Mr. Chairman, I have conferred 
with the Committee of Vii-ginians at present in this build- 



44 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAIKS 

inf. and it is their wish, if not inconsistent with tlic views 
()f the Committee sitting here, that they act as pall-bearers, 
with a badge, arranged according to some form prescribed 
by the Committee, and of which you will be informed. They 
have also appointed a Committee of four to consult with 
you and hear your views, if it is agreeable to the Com- 
mittee now sitting here that they should adopt this 
course. We would like to know the result of your de- 
liberations to-day as soon as possible, in order that we 
may know how to act ourselves. 

Chairman — I will lay the matter before the Committee 
and hear their action. 

It Avas now moved that the immber of pall bearers be 
thirty-three, or one for each State iu the Union, as the 
whole matter is one in which the nation feels interested. 
The motion was seconded and adopted. 

It was then moved that the Virginians in this city be 
entitled to appoint eight pall-bearers out of the entire 
number. 

An amendment providing that six be inserted instead 
of eight was lost, and after some discussion the original 
motion was seconded and adopted. 

A communication Avas received from the Scott Life 
Guard, requesting that they be allowed the honor of 
forminsT the escort during the removal of the remains, 
and it was ordered on file. 

Colonel Leflferts, of the Seventh Regiment, now ad- 
dressed the Committee. He had nothing to add to 
what he had stated to the Committee at their first meet- 
ing. The Regiment would feel honored by performing 
escort duty on the day of the ceremony in New-York, 
and as to their proceeding to Richmond, as a guard of 
honor, steps had been taken to ascertain the views of 
the Regiment, and he supposed that they Avould go. If 
so, a steamer would be chartered, and on their return a 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 45 

visit made to Baltimore, and perhaps other cities. If the 
thino- was undertaken, he had no doubt it would be 
carried out to the satisfliction of the city authorities, 
and with credit to the Regiment. 

The Committee now directed the Clerk to inform the 
Comraitte of Virginians, who were in session in an ad- 
joining room, of the action they had taken regarding 
their desire to be permitted to act as pall-bearers. 

This being done, they adjourned till one o'clock on 
next Saturday afternoon. 

From the following paragraph in the New- York Ex- 
press^ it would appear that the Seventh Regiment intended 
carrying out their patriotic intention of accompanying 
the remains to Richmond, even if they had not been ap- 
pointed to that duty by the New- York Council : 

Tlie National Guard (7th Regiment) intend to pay the memory of 
James Monroe, Ex-President of the United States, the honor of es- 
corting his remains from New- York to Virginia. The steamer Ala- 
bama has been chartered for this purpose, and besides officers, music, 
and attendants, about 600 of the rank and file will join in the trip. 
The departure will be on the 3d of July, and the party will leave 
the steamer at City Point, and take the rail or small steamers up to 
Richmond. After attending to the obsequies at Richmond on the 
5th, the Regiment will return via Baltimore, passing a day in the 
Monumental City, and another at Wasliington and Mount Vernon, 
returning to New-York by water from Baltimore. 

The cost of the trip will be about $15,000. Many military invita- 
tions have been sent to the Regiment here, but at Richmond, the 
capital of Virginia, where the Governor and State authorities have 
the matter of arrangement in charge, it is supposed that the New- 
Yorkers will be the guests of the State and city. The military and 
public spirit which contemplate such a celebration of a great day 
and an interesting national event, is worthy of all praise. 

Saturday, June 26th. 
The joint Committee met according to adjournment. 



46 KKMOVAL Oe TUJS KEMAIKS 

Alderman Adams, the Chairman, called the meeting to 
order. 

The Secretary read the minutes of the preceding meet- 
ing, 

A letter was read from Huyler & Putnam, offering, 
free of charge, a metallic burial-case for the remains, such 
as were used for Clay and Webster. 

The following letter from Richmond was then read : 

Richmond, June 15, 1858. 
Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann, Mayor of the City of New- York : 

The Committee appointed to superintend the removal of the re- 
mains of President Monroe, have wished to consult the proposed 
ceremonies in honor of his memory, and liaving originally intimated 
that to be their purpose and desire, through the Secretary of the 
Commonwealth, they determined to suit your action before making 
any definite arrangements themselves. In the mean time the agent 
of the Virginia Steamship Company kindly offered the steamship 
Jamestown to the Committee, and as Mr. Gouverneur liad suggested 
the 4th of July as the diiy, eitlier for the disinterment or reinterment 
— that day happening on Sunday, and the steamer leaving on the 
3d, the Committee tliink that the convenience and wishes of all par- 
ties would be best served by fixing upon Saturday as the proper day 
for the proposed ceremonies. This arrangement, merely anticipat- 
ing the celebration of the 4tli one day in New-York, and delaying it 
one day in Richmond, they believe would not materially interfere 
with the usual public demonstrations, and would satisfy officers 
commanding military posts along the route of travel ; would be 
agreeable to civil and military authorities in Virginia, and alto- 
gether we would secure a more general and convenient manifesta- 
tion of respect for the memory of the illustrious dead. With these 
vicAvs, our Committee have accepted the offer of the steamer James- 
town for the 3d, and with great deference they hope that this ar- 
rangement will be agreeable to yourself and the Committee associated 
with you. They have made no programme, and will cheerfully yield 
to the city authorities of New-York in any administrations of respect 
they may think proper to make on this interesting occasion. Mr. 
Wise and myself will be in New-York on the 26th inst., when we 
will have the honor of seeing and conversing with you in person. 
With great respect, George W. Mumfobo, 

Secretary of State. 



OF JAMES MUXKOK 4/ 

After the communioation was read and filed, the Sub- 
committee of Arrangements were called upon to report, 
and they stated that they had been on board the steamer 
Jamestown, and considered her well adapted to the pur- 
pose for which she is ofiered. 

Some discussion then arose as to the military corps 
that should form the guard and escort. Captain Blauvelt 
appeared, and warmly advocated the claims of the Eighth 
Regiment, and Lieut. G. W. Turnbull, of 3d Co. N. G., 
spoke for the Seventh, and Colonel Vosburgh Avished to 
have it understood that the Seventy-first Regiment has 
not been a competitor for the honor. 

A resolution to the effect that the Eighth Regiment 
should form the guard and escort was lost. 

The following resolutions were then offered by Coun- 
cilman Haswell, and they were unanimously adopted : 

Resolved, That the Committee accept the services of the Eighth 
Regiment, New-York State Militia, as an escort and guard of honor 
to escort the remains of the late President of the United States, 
James Monroe, to the City Hall, till they are removed therefrom. 

Resolved, That this Committee accept the services of the Seventh 
Regiment New-York State Militia as an escort and guard of honor to 
accompany the remains from the City Hall to Richmond, Virginia, 
provided the Regiment will bear its own expenses of travel, mainte- 
nance, etc. 

The adoption of these resolutions seemed to give gen- 
eral satisfaction. 

General Sandford now took a seat in the room where 
the Committee were in session. The Chairman stated 
what action they had taken respecting the services of the 
militia, and expressed himself assured that it was with 
his sanction and approval. 

General Sandford rose and said that the action af- 
forded him pleasure, and as commander of the militia it 
met his entire approbation. 



48 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAl^S 

Some discussion now took place as to the pror)er time 
of the day for the ceremonies to commence. 

General Sandford being asked for his opinion on the 
subject, thought that four o'clock in the afternoon Avould 
be the best time, as the heat of the day would then be 
over, and as a greater number of people would have an 
opportunity of witnessing them than at an earlier hour. 
He believed that the civil and military bodies will be 
ready to move punctually at the hour appointed, and, 
therefore, would not consider four o'clock too far ad- 
vanced towards the evening. 

A motion, according with the view put forward, was 
then made and carried without opposition. 

Adjourned to June 27th. 



Meeting of Common Council Committee of Arrangements, at- 
tended by a Committee of Virginians, and the Relatives of Mr. 
Monroe, June 23d. Speeches of Mr. Gouverneur and Col. Peyton. 

The interest taken in the removal of President Mon- 
roe's remains from this city to Richmond, Va., seemed 
to increase among our citizens. The Committee of 
the Common Council having the matter in charge met 
again, and the room where the meeting was held was 
thronged by parties interested in their proceedings. In 
the mean time, the Committee of New-York Virginians 
were in session in an adjoining room of the City Hall, 
and the Common Council Committee, being desirous of 
knowing their views before they would conclude their 
own meeting, delayed their proceedings in order that an 
opportunity would be afforded for making them known. 
It was soon announced, howevei-, that the Committee of 
Virginians would be present immediately, and then Al- 
derman Adams, as Chairman of the Committee, asked if 
any military officers Avere desirous of being heard, and 
stated at the same time, that they had now an opportuni- 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 40 

ty of speaking in reference to any thing connected with 
the subject now before the Committee, 

Lieutenant-Colonel Leiferts, of the Seventh Regiment 
National Guard, said that he had consulted with his corps 
on the subject of accompanying the remains of the de 
ceased President Monroe to Richmond, and had ascer- 
tained their sentiments regarding the matter. Meetings 
of the Regiment had been held, at which he was present, 
and they resulted in showing that a majority of tlic men 
were v,'il!ing and ready to accompany the remains to 
Richmond. 

The members of the Committee of Virginians and re- 
latives of the deceased now entered the room, and the 
Chairman of the Committee in session said he Avas anxious 
to hear what they or any of the relatives of President 
Monroe, had to lay before the Committee. 

Samuel L. Gouverneur, son-in-law of President Monroe, 
then rose and delivered the following address : 

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee : I trust that there 
is no man who can doubt that the family of Mr. Monroe have heard 
with deep sensibility of the honors that the Common Council, the 
military, and the citizens generally of New- York have contemplated 
conferring on the memory of their illustrious relative, James Mon- 
roe. Sir, we have been deeply impressed by hearing of these inten- 
tions, and we are more so, when we recall to mind the associations 
of former days, for we feel that the present expression of feeling is 
only the reechoing of those that were expressed on the occasion of, 
and after, his death in Kew-York. I know several of those who fol- 
lowed Mr. Monroe to his tomb, and also that they can bear testimony 
that the remains were honored by the people of New-York in a 
manner that was never surpassed. By this, the people of this city 
did honor to an illustrious American, to James Monroe as a states- 
man, as President of the Union, and they did honor to Virginia, the 
land of his birth. When we took him to the grave we left him there 
for a time, anticipating that the State of Virginia would soon recall 
the remains of her son to his native State. Under the impression 
that this would be done, I myself placed this simple inscription on 
his coffin, which may be seen and read, if the vault is opened, to this 

3 



50 KKMOVAL OF TUE KEMAIXS 

day, namely, " James Monroe, of Virginia." Tliat, gentlemen, was the 
name he bore ■while lie lived, that was the name he was known by when 
he died, and that is the name that marks his tenement in the tomb. 
Now, gentlemen, I am about to state to you, calmly and frankly, what 
havebeenmy views from the commencement on this matter. I am not 
insensible to the remarks and feelings which, through time and want 
of a proj^er knowledge of the real character of James Monroe, have 
grown up adverse to the honor of his memory. But I have felt that 
this was the man who was to me as a father, in my early days — the 
one to whom I was then most attached — that he had been the father 
whose daughter I have married and whose memory I would cherish ; 
in short, gentlemen, I felt that same feeling that any one of you 
would feel, if you knew that the bones of your father were to be 
taken up and carried from one place to another. On the occasion of 
the present proceedings in relation to Mr. Monroe's remains, gentle- 
men, my feelings have been aroused, and I do feel that I would like 
to see the ceremonies carried out in the manner the Common Council 
have proposed, with the exception of the removal from the burying- 
place where he now lies to some building in the city, to be after- 
wards named. In accordance with the simple habits of James Mon- 
roe himself, this first part of the ceremony should be done with all 
possible quietness and without the most remote approach to ostenta- 
tion. I wrote to the Governor of New-York State upon the subject, 
and stated that if it were possible the remains could be removed 
quietly, even to Virginia, I would like it to be done. He wrote 
about the measures that were going on here in reply to my letter. I 
have communicated with Governor Wise on the subject, also ; but of 
course nothing definite could result from these proceedings. I 
learned from him, however, that a deputation from Virginia would 
be here on Saturday, and that they would be ready to consult with 
the Common Council of New-York on the subject, and that it was 
principally in their hands at that time. I was also told that the 
authorities in Virginia would adopt and act upon whatever views 
they considered most consonant to those of the Mayor and Common 
Council of New-York. I am now willing, gentlemen, to leave the 
whole matter witli you, for I am one of the last that would interfere 
with the ceremonies you propose to make on this occasion. You 
will deem every word I say on this subject as my true sentiment, 
when I inform you that my mother was the sister of James Monroe's 
wife, and that my mother and another near relative now' sleep beside 
him in his tomb. I hail, as every man ought to do at the present 
time, the public expression of his native State which is now mani- 



OF JAMES MO^IIOK. 51 

fested. Now, there is a rumor that has been circulated through the 
public press, the impression of -which I would like to remove. It is 
that the Virginians had an idea — and the resolution of the State of 
Virginia th-at was passed goes to confirm this — in which it is stated 
that his remains have been placed in a public burj'ing-place. I was 
astounded when I heard this, and I felt, at the time, they were un- 
der a wrong impression. Let any one come and see where the re- 
mains lie, and then he will be convinced that they do not lie in a 
place like the Potter's Field, but in as pretty a little private 
burial place as there is in the world. He lies there in a vault 
for which I paid $500, when he hardly left enough after his 
death to be called an estate. He lies next to my own mother and 
next to the nearest relatives he had in this world. On the 4th of 
March, 1825, Mr. Monroe retired from the Presidency the second 
time. He could not give a better evidence than he did during the 
terms in which the public trust was vested in him, than he did of his 
honesty when influencing the affaii's of his nation. I told Governor 
Wise that his burial here was no choice of his own, but it was done 
because his favorite daughter lay here, and because of the esteem in 
which he held and respect he had for the city of New- York. But at 
the time of his death he was annoyed by discussions concerning mat- 
ters connected with this vei-y same thing, until the poor old man at 
length sunk under the trouble they caused him, and died — yes, he 
died on the 4th of July here, while the chiming of bells, the boom- 
ing of cannon, the exultation of the inhabitants were announcing the 
anniversary of the greatest day America ever saw. At four o'clock 
in the afternoon he breathed his last. Now, gentlemen, you may 
consider these remarks inapplicable to the occasion ; but I feel it is 
the first time that the friends of Monroe's family have had an oppor- 
tunity to express to the public their deep sensibility to the manner 
and particulars of his death. 

When Mr. Goiiverneur concluded his address, Colonel 
William Peyton arose and spoke in these words : 

1 am Chairman of the Committee of Virginians appointed to place 
the views of Mr. Monroe's relatives concerning the manner in which 
they desire the ceremonies attending the approaching obsequies be- 
fore you, with a view to meet the wishes of all parties. His rela. 
tions desire that his remains should be removed without any display 
of military attendance or otherwise. The Committee of Virginians 
having already the views of this Committee before them, have come 



52 KEMOVAX OF THE REMAINS 

to the conclusion that it might be well to have the removal of the 
remains from the cemetery to the private house of his friends some- 
where in or near Fourteenth street, and to have it done as tlicy 
choose, and tlien to give the body into the hands of the city author- 
ities. So far, it ■will be at once seen, his relatives are disposed to 
award to the city of New-York all that is necessary in this matter. 
The New-York authorities have come forward in such a manner that 
it has become appropriate that the Virginians should accommodate 
themselves to the ceremonies that may be adopted by them. We, 
therefore, with this view, have appointed a proper number of pall- 
bearers, and we submit the rest to you. I am requested, further, to 
state that as soon as the body is removed to the residence it will be 
entirely for the city authorities to determine what will be done. The 
removing of the body from the vault is all that the Committee re- 
quire the Common Council to leave to the relatives of the deceased 
President and the Virginians. This is in brief what they desire 
should be done. 

The Chairman of the Common Council Committee now 
rose and said : 

The authorities of Virginia opened a correspondence with our 
Mayor on the subject of removing the remains of President Monroe 
to his native State. We believe that as Mr. ilonroe was a Virginian, 
the authorities of his native State had the first claim in every way 
to regulate our proceedings so far as was consistent in this matter. 
Mr. Monroe's remains we believe to be the property of the nation, 
and we will go on and make these ceremonies as imposing and as 
creditable to the nation as can possibly be done. 

Samuel L. Gouverneur, Jr., the grandson of President 
Monroe, and his only lineal male descendant, said that he 
agreed entirely with the Common Council of Xew-York, 
and hoped that he aj^preciated their intentions and mo- 
tives as he considers their actions deserved. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 53 

Copy of a Letter to Gov. Henry A. "Wise, by Sam. L. Gouverneur, 
and published, (in connection with the Proceedings,) at the Re- 
quest of Col. James Monroe, to whom a Copy had been address- 
ed by the Author. 

Petersville, Frederick Co., Md., June 18, 1858. 
IIexry a. Wise, 

Governor of the State of Virginia : 

Sir : I have received a copy of a resolution of the General Assem- 
\)\Y of Virginia, providing for "the removal of the remains of James 
Monroe, Ex-President of the United States, from the public burying- 
ground in the city of New- York, to the cemetery at the city of, 
Richmond, A'"irginia, for interment; provided, that upon inquiry you 
deem it proper, and such removal may meet with the approbation of 
tlie family." 

The public life of James Monroe is written in the history of his 
country. The events of his private life — few years indeed — are 
known to a few surviving friends. On the 4th of March, 1825, he 
completed his second Presidential term. He soon commenced to 
reap the bitter fruits of a life devoted to the best interests of his 
country, regardless of his own. As a private citizen, he emerged 
from all his successive public trusts, with poverty as the emblem of 
his purity, and the badge of all his public honors. A loan from a 
near relative, reluctantly accepted, realized after his death, dis- 
charged the immediate demands in Washington, and bore him and 
his fiimily to that residence in which he had fondly ho2:)ed to end his 
days. Pressed, to a melancholy degree, by debts, almost impercepti- 
bly accumulated by time, with the occasional relief which two 
young relatives could afford, he struggled manfully with adversity 
for about five years. In the unexpected death of his devoted wife, 
in September, 1830, he realized the fact that his cup of earthly sor- 
rows was full to the brim. She had, with enviable graces of person 
aud mind, adorned every public position he ever held. She had 
nobly participated in all his troubles, and with her sudden loss, all 
the hopes of his declining years faded rapidly before him. A consti- 
tution of great original vigor exhibited symptoms of decided decay, 
and a mind nobly endowed in active sympathy, of gradual decline. 
His removal to New- York was the result of stern necessity, not of 
choice. At the solicitation of his family, in the residence of his 
youngest daughter, and in the society of his wife's relatives, herself 
a native of that city, he found all the beautiful sympathies which 
earth affords. His presence commanded universal respect. Public 
meetings gave a new impulse to prompt action in Congress upon 



54 KEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

those claims which, in deep conviction of their justice, lie had made 
upon his country. In daily anxious suspense he awaited their deci- 
sion. The partial allowance it made came too late for him. Post- 
ponements and angry debates, marked by that bitterness of party 
politics which ever seeks a shining mark, had bi'oken down his noble 
spirit. The exhausted energies of nature could rise no more. On 
the 4tli of July, 1831, amidst all the exulting evidences of national 
pride which mark that day, associated now with the deaths of Adams, 
Jefferson, and Monroe, in humble resignation to Divine will, without 
a groan or a sigh, he ceased to live on earth. 

Let not the people of Virginia believe that his honored remains 
were treated with neglect. In no " public bui-ying-ground," in no 
" borrowed tomb," do they lie. In a vault, originally purchased by 
his daughters, in a beautiful private " cemetery," surrounded by 
many of the most res2>ectable and virtuous of his day, they have 
awaited the call of his native State. Two sisters of his wife, one my 
own dear mother, with others, relatives of her family, have slept 
around him. 

His death excited profound sympathy. The city authorities of 
New-York asked not the right to honor his memory, but the favor 
to be permitted, with aj^propriate ceremonies, to bury him at the 
public cost. His body was attended by a train of moui-ning relatives 
and friends from the humble dwelling where he died, through streets 
hung with emblems of public sorrow, to the City Hall. A noble 
tribute to his worth, from eloquent lijis, lately closed forever, was 
pronounced over it in the City Park. Funeral services before the 
assembled clergy, in one of the most venerable churches, were per- 
formed by the presiding bishop ; a procession, civil and military, of 
countless numbers, witnessed the whole population of a city draped 
in mourning, and hushed into solemn silence, save when the plaintive 
dirge told the sad office they performed, bore him to his tomb. Other 
similar spectacles may have exceeded this in gorgeous display, but 
in imposing solemnity it never was surpassed. 

AVhen his remains shall again be brought to light, you will find 
them distinguished by these few simple words : " James Monroe, of 
Virginia, 4th July, 1831 ; aged seventy-two years." They pointed 
significantly to his native State. To her soil he was devoted ; and 
to her people he was ardently attached. "To them," did he say, " I 
owe every thing. They never failed to stand by me. They will, one 
day yet, do justice to my memory." That day has dawned ; his 
words are verified. If the sentiment your action announces has been 
slow in expression, it will be r;ipi(l in progress. AVlien " the re- 



OF JAMES MOXKUK. 55 

mains" of James Monroe shall have been deposited in his native soil, 
it will expand with time. His public and private virtues will yet 
be estimated at their real worth. 

Of the personal family associates of Mr. Monroe, Mr. Augustin 
Monroe, and Mr. James Monroe, his nephews, and myself, his son-in- 
law, only survive. He left four grandchildren, of whom tliree, the 
children of his younger daughter, are living. The youngest, Mr. 
S. L. Gouverneur, Jr., has, I learn from him, spoken for himself, and 
approves the removal. His eldest grandson, who bears his name, 
deeply afflicted by Providence, speaks through me. His only grand- 
daughter will abide my action. Representing these interests, the 
memory of my late wife, sole executor of Mr. Monroe, and possessed 
of his wishes, in regard to the final disposition of his body, I trust I 
do not exceed the bounds of delicacy or strict pro2:)riety in addressing 
myself to you. We approve "the removal," but respectfully suggest 
our wishes in regard to it. The long period during which " the re- 
mains have mouldered in the tomb," the season of the year, and otlier 
considerations, urge upon us the wish that it may be effected with 
as little display as possible, and withoiit any unnecessary expense to 
the people of your State. This we deem most in conformity with 
the character of our institutions, and the simple habits of life of the 
deceased. In the language of the resolution making the appropria- 
tion, only " so much thereof as may be necessarj^" will be expended 
in effecting the removal, and the balance will be disposed of as the 
authorities of your State may deem proper. 

Should you concur, as I hope you will, I will invite my son to ac- 
company me at an early day to New-York. He will personally 
superintend the disinterment of the remains in the presence of all the 
members of the family who may be pleased to attend. They will, in 
due form, be delivered to the charge of the persons selected bj' you, 
and an equal number of the nearest relatives of the deceased, to be 
conveyed to Richmond for interment, as you may direct. I am. Sir, 
respectfully, your obedient servant, 

Saml. L. Gouverneur. 

It is due, in reference to the above letter, to state, as 
we do, on the authority of its author and recipient, rela- 
tives of the late Ex-President Monroe, that they, on con- 
sultation with a Committee of Virginians resident in New- 
York, with some slight modification of the programme, so 
far as regards the mode of disinterment, nobly yielded 
their previously-exjiressed preferences on the subject. 



56 llEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

This result was jointly communicated by them, and the 
Committee of Virginians, to the meeting of the Commit- 
tee of Arrangements on the part of the Common Council 
when in session, an account of which appears in the fore- 
going pages. The civic and military honors were duly 
appointed to take place as proposed, in a grand proces- 
sion, on July 3, from a private residence or church 
in Fourteenth street, or in that neighborhood, to the 
steamship Jamestown, in the vicinity of the Battery. 

It is proper also to state, that in the temporary absence 
of Governor Wise, of Virginia, Mr. Wm. Mumford, and 
Mr. O. J. Wise, the committee delegated by the Legisla- 
ture of Virginia, to visit New-York, and to receive the 
remains of Ex-President Monroe, replied to the above 
letter, and expressed their desire, as far as practicable, to 
conform l)oth to the wishes of the relatives of the de- 
ceased, and to the arrangements proposed to be carried 
out by the city authorities, and the Virginians resident 
here, who proposed to join, under their direction, the 
citizens of New-York, in duly honoring the remains of 
one who, by his pubhc services, had endeared himself to 
the whole nation. 



Arrival of the Committee from Virginia— Meeting of the Com- 
mittee of the Common Council— The Pall-Bearers appointed— 
Their Names— The Fifty-Fifth Kegiment competing for the 
Escort, etc., etc. 

June 28th. 

The Common Council Committee on the removal of 
President IMonroe's remains, held another meeting this 
afternoon. 

Alderman Adams called on Mr. Scott, the Secretary, 
to report any thing of interest that came to his knowledge 
since their last meeting. 

The Secretary reported as follows: I called on the 



OF JAMES MONROE. 57 

a<rent of the steamer Jamestown on Sunday evenino; but 
only succeeded in finding the book-keeper and clerk at 
the office, and asked them what was meant by the offer 
of the steamer, as to whether more than the remains of 
the President were to be conveyed in it, and they said 
that they had their information by means of a letter from 
Virginia, and from it they inferred that the proposed ar- 
rangements only meant the carrying of the remains of 
President Monroe and the Committee of the Common 
Council. I subsequently saw Mr. Greenway, one of the 
agents, and he said he had been absent from the city for 
the past few months, and was not aware of the matter in 
question at all, but from what information he could ob- 
tain, he believed the Jamestown Avas only offered to con- 
vey the remains of the President and the Committee of 
the Common Council. He said, however, that he would 
write to Mr. Ludlam in Virginia, who has control of the 
matter, and then he will have positive information on the 
subject. He spoke of the guests of the Common Coun- 
cil, and said he thought that they would have to pay 
their own way if they went on the steamer. As to the 
number of passengers they are able to accommodate, I 
was told that they usually convey from sixty to eighty, 
but accommodations might be made ready for two hun- 
dred or more. 

A motion to lay the subject over for the present was 
adopted. 

The Secretary was then directed to read any commu- 
nications which he might have received. He read the 
following from Col. Le Gal, of the Fifty-fifth Regiment 
New-York Militia : 

Head-Quarters Fifty-fifth Regiment, June 27, 1858. 
To Richard Scott, Esq., New- York : 

Dear Sir: I beg to offer the services of the Fifty-fifth Regiment 
for the honor of escorting the remains of President Monroe from the 
place of interment in this city to the vessel -which is to convey them 
3* 



58 REMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

to liis native State. Soliciting tliat your Committee will favor my 
request, I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 

Eugene Le Gal, 
Col. Commanding the Fifty-fifth Regiment. 

It was remavked that the communication was received 
rather too late, and a motion ordering it to be placed on 
file was adopted. 

A communication from Col. Duryea, of the Seventh 
Regiment, was then read : 

N"EW-yoRK, June 28, 1858. 
To Richard Scott : 

Dear Sir: The Seventh Regiment have chartered the steamer 

Ericsson to depart at twelve o'clock on Saturday morning, the 3d of 

July. Please have the goodness so to shape matters that we may 

depart at that time. By this arrangement my men will obtain a 

good night's rest, and be in good condition for parade in Richmond. 

Truly yours, A. Durtea, Col. Seventh Regiment. 

One of the Committee said that he saw no reason why 
the arrangement regarding the hour of departure could 
not be fixed to answer the convenience of the Seventh 
Kegiment. Most of the other members of the Committee 
agreed with this opinion, and the communication was laid 
over for further consideration. 

The next communication was one from Major Henry 
Hill, of the United States Army, submitting the names 
of the pall-bearers appointed by the Virginians in New- 
York. 

Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, Robert Blow, Esq., 

Major Henry Hill, U.S.A., E. M. Green way, 

Howell L. Williams, Col. William M. Peyton, 

James Monroe Minor, M.D., James P. Soutter, Esq. 

To Mr. Adams, Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Common 

Council : 

Dear Sir : Above I have furnished the names of the eight pall- 
bearers appointed by the Virginians in New-York, to officiate on the 



OF JAMES MONROE, 59 

occasion of the ceremonies of the removal of President Monroe's re- 
mains. Very respectfully yours, Henry Hill, 

Chairman of the Committee of the Virginians in New- York. 
June 25, 1858. 

The communication was ordered on file. 

In reference to the place to which the remains were to 
be first removed after they were disinterred, it appeared 
that the Committee of the Common Council at one of 
their private sessions, passed a resolution providing that 
the remains should be first deposited in a private house 
of some member of the Monroe family in this city, and 
that their action was communicated to Samuel Gouver- 
neur, Jr., the grandson of President Monroe, and his only 
lineal male descendant now living, who thereupon ad- 
dressed the following letter on the subject to the Secre- 
tary of the Committee of the Common Council : 

New- York, June 28, 1858. 

Sir : In reply to your communication of this morning, inclosing 
certain resolutions of the Special Committee of the Common Council, 
I would state that I came to New-York on the invitation of Governor 
Wise, of Virginia, expressed through Mr. G. W. Mumford, Secretary 
of State, to be present on the occasion of the removal of the remains 
of my grandfather to the soil of his native State. Since my arrival 
I have met your Committee, when I distinctly expressed my appro- 
val of the action of the corporate authorities of this city, and of your 
Committee. The other relatives and connections of Mr. Monroe have, 
I learn, also agreed to the arrangements proposed by you. To one 
point alone I would call attention : it is proposed that the remains 
shall be disinterred and taken to " some private residence in the 
upper part of the city." 

I have no knowledge of any relative of Mr. Monroe residing here, 
nor do I know of any one to whom this trust could be confided with 
the same propriety as to the citizen soldiery of New-York. As was 
remarked by the Chairman of your Committee : " The ashes of Mr. 
Monroe belong to his country, the city of New-York should transfer 
them to Virginia, and they should pass through the hands of no in- 
different third party." To the regiments delegated by the authorities 
of New-York I would, therefore, commit, as a sacred trust, the entire 
char<^e of the remains, to be guarded by them in the Hall of the city 



60 KEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

from the period thej' are disinterred until transferred to the Cora- 
initte appointed by the State of Virginia to receive them. 

I would add, however, that having entire confidence in the wis- 
dom and experience of your Committee, whatever arrangements may 
he made by them will meet my full approval. 

I am, sir, respectfully, etc., 

Samuel L. Gouveeneur, Jr. 
Ricn.\RD Scott, Esq., Corresponding Secretary of the Committee. 

This communication was ordered to be placed on file. 

The following orders have been issued by Lieutenant- 
General Scott for military honors to the remains of Presi- 
dent Monroe : 

GENERAL OEDEES, NO. 16. 

Head-Quarters of the Army, June 26, 1858. 

It being understood that the remains of the illustrious Monroe, 
some time Tresident of the United States, will about the 3d proximo 
be shipped at New-York for Richmond, Virginia, the commanding 
officers of Forts Columbus, Hamilton, and Monroe will each be on the 
look-out, and in succession, as the steamer containing the remains is 
discovered to be within five miles of the post, (if the sun be above the 
horizon,) lower his flag to half-mast, commence firing minute-guns, 
and continue these honors until the vessel shall have passed to a like 
distance beyond the fort. 

By command of Brevet Lieutenant-General Scott, 

Irvin McDowell, Assistant Adj. -Gen. 

From these orders it will at once be seen that the 
honors were not to be confined to this city, but that the 
citizens of other places along the route of travel were also 
to be aflbrded an opportunity of expressing their senti- 
ments regarding the esteem in which they held the 
memory of James 3Ionroe. 



OF JAMES MONROP:. 61 

John Cochrane accepts the Invitation to act as Orator— Complete 
List of the Pall-Bearers— Invitation to Mayor Tiemann, both 
Branches of the Common Council, the Board of Supervisors, and 
Heads of Departments, to participate in the Ceremonies, etc., etc. 

The Committee of the Common Council on the re- 
moval of President Monroe's remains, held another meet- 
inc: at five o'clock P.M., June 30. 

The Clerk was directed to read any communications 
that had been received. 

The first was one from Lieut.-Col. Lefierts, inviting the 
Committee to accompany the Regiment on board the 
Ericsson from New- York to Richmond. 

It was laid over. 

The next communication read was from the Committee 
delegated by the Governor of Virginia, now in the city, 
and which read thus : 

New- York Hotel, June 29, 1858. 
Sir : The undersigned Committee have received orders from the 
Governor of Virginia, instructing them to take charge of the remains 
of President Monroe ; and this Committee propose to do so as soon as 
the remains shall be placed on board the steamer Jamestown. The 
Committee is also instructed to inform the gentlemen of the Commit- 
tee appointed by the Common Council of N"ew-York, to accompany 
the remains to Richmond, that arrangements have been made for the 
accommodation of the last-mentioned Committee on board the James- 
town, where they will be received and entertained as the guests of 
the State of Virginia. The undersigned add their earnest wishes 
that the gentlemen of the Committee may kindly accept the invita- 
tion thus extended. 

Very respectfully, 

O. Jennings Wise, 
Wm. Mumfoed. 
To Mr. Alderman Adams, Chairman of the Joint Committee of the 
Common Council of New- York. 

This communication was also laid over. 

The Clerk then read a copy of a division order for the 
occasion of the Monroe obsequies, which had been issued 
bv General Sandford : in the foUowinG: words : 

• 7 3 



62 KEMOVAL OF THE REJtAINS 



DIVISION ORDER, NO. 6. 

Head-quarters, First Division N. Y. S. M., 
New-York, June 29, 1858. 

Pursuant to a resolution of the Common Council of the city of 
New-York, through their Committee of Arrangements, a detachment 
of this division will parade on Friday next, the 2d of July, to escort 
the remains of E.^-President Monroe from Fourteenth street to City 
Hall Park. 

Brigadier General Spicer will detail the Seventy-first Regiment 
and a squadron of cavalry from the First Brigade. 

Brigadier-General Yates will detail six pieces of light artillery. 

Brigadier-General Hall will detail the Eighth Regiment. 

Brigadier-General Ewen will detail a regiment from the Fourth 
Brigade. 

Tlie detachment will be under the command of Brigadier-General 
Hall, and will form the line on the west side of the Fifth avenue, 
with the right resting on Fourteenth street, at half-past three o'clock 
precisely. 

The officers of the division, not on duty with the detachment, will 
assemble on the same day, at half-past three o'clock, in full uniform, 
dismounted, with the usual badges of mourning, on the west side of 
Seventh avenue, south of Fourteenth street. 

The line of march will be through Fourteenth street to Broadway, 
down Broadway to the City Hall, when the remains will be deposit- 
ed in the Governor's room, under the charge of the Eighth Regiment, 
until the departure of the steamer on Saturday. 

The Eighth Regiment is detailed as a special escort to the remains 
of Ex-President Monroe on Friday ; and the Seventh Regiment as a 
special escort on Saturday, and until the mortal remains of the sol- 
dier and statesman are delivered to the authorities of his native State. 
By order of Major-General Sandford. 

C. H. Sandford, Division Quarter-master. 

A copy of the above order was placed on file by the di- 
rection of the Chairman. 

A. S. Sullivan, one of the Members of the Committee 
of Virginians in New-York, being present, Alderman 
Adams asked him if he was desirous of being heard by 
the Committee. Mr, Sullivan stated that the Virginian 
Committee had obtained permission to deposit the re- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 63 

mains of Mr. Monroe in Grace Chnrch, when they were 
removed from the cemetery. 

One of the members of the Committee suggested that 
the Church of the Annunciation, in Fourteenth street, 
would be more convenient for the military than Grace 
Church, and Mr. Sullivan thereupon promised to use his 
influence to have the use of it obtained, instead of that 
of Grace Church. 

The Chairman stated, that as the names of the pall- 
bearers are now all known and approved by the Commit- 
tee, it would be well for the Clerk to announce them. 
The following is, therefore, a complete list of the thirty- 
three pall-bearers who have been appointed : 

Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, Isaac 0. Barker, 

Augustus Schell, Joseph V. Varnum, 
Gen. KichardVarick de Witt, Thomas C. Fields, 

Peter Cooper, Howell L. Williams, 

William F. Havemeyer, Robert Blow, 

Anthony Tiemann, Major Henry Hill, 

James Soutter, E. M. Greenway, 

John Kelly, M.C., J. Watson Webb, 

Ambrose C. Kingsland, John S. Giles. 

Col. William M. Peyton, Elijah F. Purdy, 

John W. Averj^ Homer Franklin, 

Reuben Withers, James Leonard, 

John W. Avery, Andrew V. Stout, 

George Wilkes, Clarkson Crolius, 

Elias F. De Forrest, William M. Tweed, 

Dr. James M. Minor, Nelson G. Waterbury, 
George H. Purser. 

The above list gives the name of every pall-bearer that 
will take part in the obsequies, including those appointed 
by the Committee of the Common Council, and the Com- 
mittee of the New- York Virginians. 

When the names were read, one of the members of 
the Committee offered the following resolution : 

Resolved, That invitations be extended by this Committee to His 
Honor Mavor Tiemann, and the members of both branches of the 



64 KEMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

Common Council, the heads of departments, and the Board of Super- 
visors of this city, to assemble at the City Hall next Friday afternoon 
at two o'clock, for the purpose of taking part in the funeral ceremo- 
nies attending the removal of the remains of President Monroe to 
Richmond. 

The resolution Avas unanimously seconded and adopted. 

A motion directing that the pall-bearers be furnished 
with scarfs, gloves, etc., was likewise adopted. 

The Committee then adjourned their pubUc meeting 
till to-day at four o'clock P.M., when it is expected that 
the programme will be completed. 

The Committee then went into private session, after 
which they adjourned. 

The Chairman stated that John Cochrane had been 
selected as the orator on the occasion of delivering the 
remains over into the hands of the authorities in Rich- 
mond, and that he has accepted the invitation. In their 
private session, the Committee also agreed to accept the 
invitation of the Virginian Committee, to accompany 
them on board the Jamestown to Richmond. 



The Mayors and Common Councils of Brooklyn, Jersey City, and 
Hoboken, and the Officers of the Army and Wavy, and all the 
Government Officials in New- York, to be invited to participate 
in the Obsequies— New- York City to be wrapt in Mourning. 

The meeting commenced at four o'clock. 

Alderman Adams asked the Clerk if he had any inform- 
ation to communicate. 

The Secretary replied that Peter Cooper had come to 
the Mayor's office to inform him that the Cooper Insti- 
tute would be placed at the disposal of the Committee 
next Friday, where he thought that the meeting of the 
pall-bearers, the judges, the heads of departments, 



OF JAMES MONEOE. 65 

Mayor Tiemann, and the Common Council, together with 
tlie other city officials who may he invited to take part 
in the' obsequies, might assemble, instead of at the City 
Hall. 

The Committee now rescinded the motion which they 
had previously adopted inviting the above-mentioned 
dignitaries to meet at the City Hall, to take part in the 
approaching ceremonies, and adopted two motions in- 
stead of it, namely, one accepting the oifer of Peter 
Cooper, and the other calling the meeting at the Cooper 
Institute at half past two o'clock on Friday, instead of at 
the City Hall half an hour earlier. 

A motion providing that a Committee of Reception be 
appointed to receive those to whom invitations are ex- 
tended to meet at the Cooper Institute, was adopted, and 
a committee of three accordingly appointed. 

A. S. Sullivan, of the Virginian Committee, stated that 
either the Church of the Annunciation or Grace Church, 
whichever was according to the desire of the Commit- 
tee, could be obtained for depositing the remains of 
President Monroe in, when they are removed from the 
cemetery. 

The Chairman of the Committee consulted with Briga- 
dier-General Hall, who was present, as to which would 
be the most convenient for the military. The General 
was of opinion that one place would be of as much con- 
venience for them as the other, and the Committee then 
decided to select the Church of the Annunciation, in Four- 
teenth street. 

It was moved that all the regiments that will take part 
in the obsequies, be directed to send their standards to 
Mr. "Wilson, the undertaker, within twenty-four hours, in 
order to have them draped in mourning. 

The motion was carried. 

The next motion was one to direct Police Superintend- 
ent Tallmadge to detail a sufficient police foi'ce to attend 



66 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

at the ceremonies in this city — and this motion was also 
adopted. 

On iiiotion, a committee of three Avas appointed to pro- 
vide refreshments for the standing guard at the City Hall 
tliat Avill have charge of the remains when they are re- 
moved from the church to that building, 

A resolution directing that invitations be extended to 
tlie Mayors and Common Councils of Brooklyn, Jersey 
City, and Hoboken to come to this city and take part in 
the obsequies of President Monroe, on the occasion of 
the removal of his remains, was offered and at once 
adopted unanimously. 

The next resolution offered was one inviting the offi- 
cers of the army and navy in this city and Brooklyn, and 
all the government officers, to participate in the funeral 
rites of President Monroe when they take place in New- 
York. Like the resolution which preceded it, this one 
was also unanimously adopted. 

A resolution ordering that the masters of all the ships 
in the harbor and the proprietors of public buildings be 
requested to hoist their flags half-mast high, and that all 
the bells of the public buildings along the line of the pro- 
cession be requested to be tolled, was likewise unanimous- 
ly adopted. 

One of the pall-bearers having resigned his office on 
account of not having it in his power to be in New- York 
when the ceremonies take place, James Harper was pro- 
posed to fill the vacancy, and he w^as approved by the 
Committee. 

A. S. Sullivan here stated that a mass meeting of the 
New- York Virginians will take jjlace this evening at the 
Metropolitan Hotel, and they would be happy to meet 
either the whole of the Committee, or any of them, that 
felt disposed to be present there during their meeting. 

The Committee acknowledged this invitation, and then 
adjourned till the following afternoon. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 67 

The following were the orders Avhich were promul- 
gated by Col. Duryea, of the Seventh Regiment, for the 
government of the corps while discharging the duty for 
which its members had so nobly volunteered on the ap- 
proaching occasion of the removal of President Monroe's 
remains. They were as follows : 

7th Kegiment New- York State Troops— National Guard. 
Regimental Order, No. 9. 
Head-quarters, New-York, June 29th, 1858. 

It having been resolved by a large majority of the members of 
this Regiment to proceed to Richmond, Va., as a Guard of Honor to 
the remains of the late President Monroe, the following orders, which 
will be rigidly enforced, are promulgated for the government of this 
corps : 

This Regiment is directed to parade, fully uniformed, armed and 
equipped, gray trowsers, knajisacks with overcoats rolled thereon, on 
Saturday, July 3. 

None but thoroughly-instructed soldiers will be allowed to go with 
the Regiment. 

Line will be formed in Lafayette Place at 10 o'clock A.M. 

Commandants of companies will direct the knapsacks to be packed 
with their effects ; and in addition to the ordinary change of under- 
clothing, each man will provide himself with extra white trowsers 
and gloves, fatigue-dress and cap. No cumbrous baggage will be 
allowed, but each man may furnish himself with a valise, leather or 
carpet-bag, and each piece of baggage will be plainly marked with 
the name and number of the company. Citizen's clothing is strictlj^ 
prohibited. 

The Drum-Major will see that each member of the band and drum 
corps is provided with suitable change of linen, extra white trowsers 
and gloves, fatigue-dress, and preparations for cleaning brasses and 
belts. 

All baggage, including officers' overcoats, will be sent on board 
steamship Ericsson, foot of Beach street, on Friday, the 2d of July^ 
or not later than 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3d, under the direc- 
tion of a non-commissioned officer from each company. 

Captains will rigidly inspect the arms and equipments, and see that 
they are in perfect order, and are directed to supply each man with 
ten rounds of blank cartridge. 

The ordnance officer will make a requisition for 300 rounds of 
blank ammunition for nine-pounders. 



G8 REMOVAL OF THE KEIIAINS 

Lieutenant "Wickstoad is appointed Officer of the Guard on board 
the ship ; the guard will consist of one man from each company, and 
■will mount Avith side arms only. 

Arms will be so placed on board as to secure them from rust or 
injury, bayoucts unfixed and in scabbard. 

Smoking at all times will be prohibited between decks or in the 
cabins, nor will any lights be allowed, except such ship lights and 
lanterns as the master of the ship may direct, or those carried by the 
officer of the day, in the execution of his duty. 

Quarter-master "Winchester is directed to attend to all the details 
in relation to the transportation of the men. By order of 

Wm. a. Pond, Adjutant. Col. A. Duryea. 

American Guard, 71st Regiment Light Infantry, N. Y. S. M. 

Regimental Order, 'No. 8. 

Head-quarters, New-York, June 30, 1858. 

In pursuance of division and brigade orders, the officers and mem- 
bers of this Regiment are hereby ordered to assemble at the armory, 
for parade, in full uniform, white trowsors, on Friday, July 2, at half 
past 2 o'clock P.M., to participate in the funeral solemnities of the 
late Ex-President Monroe. 

The line will be formed at 3 o'clock P.M., precisely. 

The field music will report to the Adjutant, at the armory. 

The field and staff will report to the Colonel, at the armory, dis- 
mounted, at half past 2 o'clock P.M. By order of 

A. G. Demarest, Adjutant. Col. A. S. Vosburgh. 



Final Meeting of the Committee of Arrangements— All the Public 
Offices to be closed— The Cutter Harriet Lane tendered to the 
Virginians by the Federal Government— The Programme of the 
Ceremonies to-day, etc. 

The final meetino; of the Joint Committee of the Com- 
mon Council, to perfect the arrangements for the removal 
of President Monroe's remains, Avas duly held. It took 
place on the evening of the 1st July, in the City Library 
Room, and was by no means the least interesting of 
their sessions. 

The Chairman called upon the Secretary to read any 



OF JAMES MONROK. 69 

communication tliat was addressed to him on the subject 
under consideration, or place the Committee in possession 
of any facts in relation to it that had come to his know- 
ledge. 

Mr. Scott remarked that no communication had been 
received by himself since the preceding meeting of the 
Committee, but ho stated that he was in possession of one 
which had been addressed to Alderman Adams, the Pre- 
sident of the Committee, by Collector Schell, which he 
considered it might be advisable to read. 

Being requested to read the document, he did so, and 
it was thereupon discovered to be the following : 

Custom House, Xew-York, 
Collector's Office, July 1, 1858. 
Sir : I have the lienor to submit herewith a copy of a letter ad- 
dressed by me, by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
Messrs. 0. Jennings Wise andWilliam Mumford, the Committee, etc., 
tendering them the use of the United States steam revenue cutter 
Harriet Lane for the purpose of having the remains of Ex-President 
Monroe removed fi cm this city to Richmond, Virginia. With the 
hope that the action of the Secretary of the Treasury will be con- 
sistent with the arrangement of your Committee, and facilitate the 
object you have in view, I have the honor to be, very respectfully^ 
your obedient servant, 

Augustus Schell, Collector. 
To Thomas Adams, Chairman of the Committee. 

The Clerk then read a copy of the communication 
which Avas addressed to Mr. Mumford, of the Virginia 
Committee, as it was forwarded by Collector Schell to 
the Chairman of the Committee, inclosed with the letter 
which we have just given, and which was as follows : 

Custom House, New-York, 
Collector's Office, July 1, 1858. 

Gentlemen: I take the pleasure of informing you that I have 
been instructed by the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury to offer 
you the use of the United States revenue cutter Harriet Lane, for 
the purpose of conveying the remains of E.v-President Monroe from 
this city to Richmond, Virginia. Should you accept the use of this 



70 REMOVAL Ol'" THE KEMAINS 

vessel, Captaia Faunce will be instructed to hold himself iu readi- 
ness to receive onboard the cutter your committee, and such gentle- 
men as you may be pleased to invite, at such time and place as 
you may appoint. 

I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 

Augustus Schell, Collector. 

Messrs. 0. Jennings Wise and William Mumford, 
Committee, etc. 

Alderman Adams, who liad entered the room in the 
mean time, said, that he had met Mr. Wise during the 
forenoon of that day, and had a conA^ersation with him 
in relation to the subject of the letters which were read. 
Mr. Wise was of opinion that the Committee of the 
Common Council had very little to do in reference to the 
matter, as they were the guests of the Committee from 
Virginia, having accepted their invitation to go with 
them to Richmond. 

The Chairman thought, as the business they were con- 
sidering was a national one, it might be very appropriate 
to go in a Government vessel. 

A motion was made to refer the matter to a sub-commit- 
tee, with power to make arrangements Avith the Virginia 
Committee, was lost, and this power was finally vested 
in the Chairman, 

A resolution requesting all public offices and places of 
business to be closed at twelve o'clock, during the time 
the ceremonies are proceeding, was offered and adopted. 

A resolution requesting the military that will escort 
the remains from the City Hall to the steamboat, on the 
occasion of their departure from this city, to assemble at 
the City Hall, on the morning of the 3d July, at half-past 
ten o'clock, Avas the last one submitted, and it Avas also 
adopted. 

On motion, the Committee then adjourned, to meet at 
the Cooper Institute at two o'clock on the afternoon of 
the 3d July. 

The Joint Committee of Arrangements, before sepa- 



OF JAMiiS MONKOE. Tl 

rating reported a complete plan of proceedings lor ob 
serving the obsequies on the 2d July, as follows : 

PKOGBAMME OF ARKAWGEMENTS 

In honor of the memory of 

JAMES MONROE, 

Fifth President of the United States, 

On the occasion of the removal of his remains 

From New-York to Virginia, 

Under the direction of the municipal authorities of 

THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, 

On Friday, July 2, 1858. 

The Joint Committee appointed by the Common Council of the 
city of New- York to make the necessary arrangements for the re- 
moval of the remains of the late President James Monroe from the 
city of New-York to Richmond, the capital of Virginia, his native 
State, have adopted the following programme of arrangements for 
the occasion : 

The arrangements of the day will be under the command of Bri- 
gadier-General William Hall. 

The procession will move from the Church of the Annunciation, 
in Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue, at four o'clock precisely, and 
will proceed thence through Fourteenth street to Broadway, and 
down Broadway to and around the Park, and thence through the 
East gate to the City Hall, in the following order : 

ORDER OF PROCESSION. 

Detachments of the 

First Division New-York State Militia, 

Under the command of 

Brigadier - General Hall, 

As follows: 

Troop of Cavalry of Third Regiment, 

Under the command of Captain Buke. 

Band. 

Seventy-first Regiment, 

Under the command of Colonel Vosburgh, 

Twelfth Regiment, 

Under the command of Colonel John S. Cocks. 

Fourth Regiment, 

Under the command of Colonel Hiukin. 



12 



RKMOVAL OF THK KKilAINS 



Troop of Cavalry of Tliir J Regiment, 

Under the command of Captain Berser. 

Eighth Regiment 

Under the command of Colonel Lyons, 

as a 

Guard of Honor. 

Officiating Clergymen. 

Orator of the day. 



Troop. 

of 

Cavalry 

Capt. J. i\I. Varian, 

Leading 

their 

Horses 



Funeral 

Car, 
Drawn 

. by 

Six Gray 

Horses 

led 

Bv Grooms. 



Troop 

of 

Cavalry 

Capt. J. M. Varian, 

Leading 

their 

Horses 



The following pall-bearers, in barouches : 
Lieut. -Gen. Winfield Scott, 
Peter Cooper, 
Augustus Schell, 
Anthony Tiemann, 
John Kelly, M.C., 
Reuben Withers, 
George Wilkes, 
Dr. James 11. Minor, 
Joseph B. Varnum, Jr., 
Howell L. Williams, 
Edward ]M. Greenway, 
■ John S. Giles, 
Robert Blow, 
Homer Franklin, 
Andrew V. Stout, 
William M. Tweed, 
Gen. Richard Yarick DeWitt, 



William F. Havemeyer, 
James T. Soutter, 
Ambrose C. Kingsland, 
Col. William M. Peyton, 
John W. Avery, 
Elias T. DeForest, 
Isaac 0. Barker, 
James Harper, 
Thomas C. Fields, 
Benjamin F. Camp, 
J. Watson Webb, 
Elijah F. Purdy, 
Maj. Henry H. Hill, U.S.A., 
James Leonard, 
Clarkson Crolius, 
Nelson J. Waterbury, 
George H. Purser. 



Relatives of the family. 

Virginians and their descendants, 

Residents of the City of New- York, 

Committee from the 

State of Virginia. 

Ex-Presidents of the United States, 

Mayors of New-York, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Jersey City, and 

Newark. 
Common Council of the City of New-York, in the following order : 



OF JAMES i\rONROE, 73 

The Board of Aldermen, 

Preceded by their Sergeant-at-Arms, and headed by their 

President, with their staves of oiiice. 

The Board of Councilmen, 

Preceded by their Sergeant-at-Arms, and headed by their 

President, with their staves of office. 

Officers of both Boards. 

Heads of Departments of the City Government, 

Governors of the Almshouse. 

Board of Supervisors of the City and County of New- York, 

with their officers. 

Officers of the City Government. 

Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, with their Officers. 

Common Council of Jersey City, Hoboken, and Newark, with their 

Officers. 

His Excellency Governor King and Suite. 

Lieutenant-Governor of the State. 

Heads of Departments of the State. 

Senate and Assembly of the State of New- York. 

Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

States and Officers not on duty. 
JIajors General Sandford and Duryea of the First and Second Divi- 
sions New-York State Troops. 
Officers of the Army of the United States. 
Officers of the Navy of the United States. 

Civil Officers of the Navy Yard. 
New-York State Society of the Cincinnati. 
Foreign Ministers and Consuls. 
Judges of the United States, 
State and City Courts. 
Ex-Governors and Heads of Departments of the State. 
Ex-Members of Congress and of the State Legislature. 
Ex-Mayors, Ex- Aldermen, Assistants and Council- 
men of the Cities of New- York, Brooklyn, 
Jersey City, Hoboken, and Newark. 
United States District Attorney and his Officers, 
District Attorney, his Assistant and Officers. 
Members of the Bar. 
Members of the Press. 
Sheriflf, Under-Sheriff, and Deputies of the City of New-York, 

with their staves of Office. 
Register, County Clerk, and Coroners of the City and County 
of New-York, with their Officors. 
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74 KEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Police Magistrates with staves. 

Clerks of District and Police Courts. 

Marshal of the United States for the Southern District of New-York, 

with his Deputies and other Officers. 

Collector of the Port of New- York, with the Clerks 

and other Officer's of his Department. 

Survej'or, Naval Officer, with the Officers connected with their 

Departments. 
Postmaster of the City of New-York, with his 

Assistant, Secretary, and Clerks. 

Board of Education of the City of New-York, 

preceded by its President and Clerks. 

President, Trustees, Faculty, and Students of Columbia 

College. 
President, Council, Faculty, and Students of the University of 

New-York. 

President, Faculty, and Students of the Free Academy of 

the City of New- York. 

College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Teachers of the Public Schools of the City of New-York. 

Commissioners of Police. 

President and Trustees of the New-York Fire Department. 

Fire Commissioners of the City of New- York. 

Chief and Assistant Engineers. 

Foremen, Assistant Foremen, and other Officers of the Fire 

Departments of the Cities of New-York, Brooklyn, 

Jersey City, Hoboken, and Newark. 

Band. 

Veterans of 1812, under command of Colonel Eaymond. 

Veterans of 1812, under command of Col. Jones. 

Presidents and other Officers of the several Benevolent Societies of 

New- York. 
Presidents, Officers, and Members of the several Literary 
Societies of the City of New-York. 
American Institute. 
Chamber of Commei'ce. 
Masters, Wardens, and Harbor Masters of the Port of New- 
York. 
Pilots of the Port of New- York. 
Masters of vessels in the Port of New- York. 
Citizens of New-York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark, 

and other places. 



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OF .TAMES JtONROK. 75 

The societies, associations, and otlier bodies are requested to ap- 
pear in the order jiresented. 

Such societies, associations, and bodies as have not yet reported, 
will be assigned places in the order in which they shall report them- 
selves. 

The detachments of New-York State Militia will assemble at three 
o'clock precisely, at the following places, preparatory to being 
brought into column : 

The detachments of militia in Fii'st Avenue, right resting on Four- 
teenth street. 

The Majors, General, and officers of the First and Second Divisions, 
officers of the Army and Navy, on west side Seventh Avenue, right 
resting on Fourteenth street. 

Officiating clergymen, orator of the day, clergy and pall-bearers, 
in the Cooper Institute ; Mayors of the several cities, Ex-Presidents, 
Foreign Ministers and Consuls, Common Council of New-York and 
other cities. Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, Heads of Departments, 
Members of the Senate and Assembly, Senators and Members of Con- 
gress of the United States, Society of Cincinnati, Ex-Mayors, Ex- 
Members of the Common Council, Judges of the Courts, District At- 
torneys, Member of the Bar, and other officers and bodies mentioned, 
at the Cooper Institute, and will then proceed to form line in Seventh 
Avenue, left resting on Fourteenth street. 

The troojis of the United States stationed in this hai-bor, and the 
government vessels in port, are requested to fire minute-guns from 
three o'clock till sunset. 

The owners and masters of the harbor, and the proprietors of the 
various public buildings in the city, are requested to display their 
colors and flags at half-mast from sunrise to sunset. 

The several persons having the charge of the chui'ch and fire alarm 
bells in the city, are requested to cause the same to be tolled from 
the hour of four o'clock P.M. until the close of the procession. 

It is also respectfully requested that our fellow-citizens close their 
several places of business during the moving of the procession. 

They are also requested to wear the usual badge of mourning on 
the left arm. 

The owners and pi'oprietors of all public and licensed carriages 
and vehicles are directed to withdraw the same from the streets 
through which the procession is to pass after the hour of half-pa<^t 
three o'clock P.M. 

The owners of private carriages and vehicles are also respectfully 
requested to comply with the wishes of the Committee in tliis re- 
spect. 



76 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAIXS 

No obstruction of any kind will be i^ermitted in the streets through 
which the procession is to pass. 

The carriages for the use of the pall-bearers and Society of the Cin- 
cinnati will be under the direction of William 11. Stephens, first Mar- 
slial of the city. 

On the procession arriving at the City Hall, the remains of the 
deceased statesman and patriot will be deposited in the Governor's 
room, where they will be in charge of the Eighth Regiment, as a 
guard of lienor, until the next day, Saturday, when they will be re- 
moved at ten o'clock A.M. to the steamer Jamestown, under the es- 
cort of the Seventh Regiment National Guard as a guard of honor. 

Thomas ^Y. Adams, ~1 

Michael Murray, I Committee on part 

Michael Tuomey, V on the 

Joiix Lynes, I Board of Aldermen. 

James Owens, J 

Charles H. IIaswell, ~) Committee on 

Thomas A. Duxx, | part 

George P. Bickford, 

Charles G. Cornell, 

Seymour A. Buxce, 



'^ of the 

Board of Coun- 
cilmeu. 



WASHINGTON GREYS. 

Head-quarters Eicnxii Regiment N. Y. State Militia, ) 

New-York, 1858. ) 

This regiment will parade on Friday, July 2d, in full uniform, 
(white pantaloons,) as guard of honor to the remains of the late Ex- 
President of the United States, James Monroe. The line will be 
formed in the City Arsenal at two o'clock P.M. The usual badge of 
mourning will be worn on the left arm. The Quarter-Master will 
cause the regimental colors to be shrouded. The band will report 
to the Adjutant at the Arsenal at a quarter before two o'clock, with 
their drums shrouded. George Lyons, Colonel. 

0. F. Wentwortii, Acting Adjutant. 



OF JAMES MOXKOE. 11 

Obsequies in Honor of the Remains of James Monroe, in the City 
of New- York, July 2d, 1858 — Grand Civic and Military Pro- 
cession—Exhumation of the Body. 

SCENES IN THE MORNING. 

The weather was favorable, not too warm, the thermo- 
meter ranging- from eighty to eighty-six only, and a very 
light breeze blowing from the west, while the sky was 
somewhat overcast. At sun-rise, the national and city 
colors were displayed at half-mast from the City Ilall, 
Custom House, Assay Office, Merchants' Exchange, Reve- 
nue Office, United States Forts in the harbor, and all the 
principal hotels and public buildings. The ships in the 
harbor and at the docks also made a fine display of bunt- 
ing, nearly all of them having the national colors at half- 
halliards, with their piivate signals and pilot flags at half- 
mast. Similar honors were paid to the memory of the 
Ex-President in Brooklyn and Jersey-City, where, upon 
the public buildings, and all the ships at the docks, flags 
were displayed at half-mast. 

EXHUMATION OP THE REMAINS. 

The ceremony of removing the remains of Mr. Monroe 
from the tomb in the Marble Cemetery, where they had 
reposed for twenty-seven years, was performed at an 
early hour on Friday morning, in the presence of Aid. 
Adams, of N"ew-York, Chairman of the Joint Committee 
on their removal. Wra. Mumford and O. Jennings Wise, 
Committee from the State of Virginia ; Chapman J. Leigh, 
Robert Blow, Maj. Hill, Gen. Wheat, Wm. N". Bell, Wm. 
H. Price, Dr. W. Banks, and Dr. Jones, a delegation from 
the Virginians resident in ISTew-York ; S. L. Gouverneur, 
and Col. James Monroe, relatives of the deceased ; Ex-Al- 
perman Crolius, Mr. Smith, Secretary of the Mariners' Sav- 
ings Institution, his daughter, Miss Smith, and a few others. 
The hour for exhumation was, for obvious reasons, kept 



78 REMUVAL, OF TUE REMAINS 

secret, and even the members of the press were generally 
not notified — it being understood that some of the 
relatives of the deceased were averse to any noto- 
riety on the subject. At the cemetery, at half i^ast four, 
o'clock, there was then no stir "whatever. A solitary 
carriage was standino; in front of the 2:ate — the driver 
peering listlessly in among the silent dead. This carriage 
belonged to Alderman Adams, who was promptly pre- 
sent, and in waiting to receive all those in whose presence 
the cofiin was to be raised. 

At ten minutes before five, Messrs. Mumford and Wise, 
and Mr. Leigh, arrived, and, with Aid. Adams, proceeded 
to the vault. It is situated near the head of one of the 
four j^arallel walks, and at the centre of the cemetei-y. It 
was open, and the cofiin of the Ex-President was placed 
in such a position as to be easily taken into the recess in 
front of the door. The cofiin was in excellent preserva- 
tion, the only decay visible being the wearing away of 
the bright polish of the mahogany. Three other coftins, 
supposed to contain the ashes of Robert Tillotson and 
members of his family, were within, and appeared to be 
also in a good state of preservation. Immediately over 
the vault proper was a slab, on which was the inscription : 
"James Monroe: Robert Tillotson. Vault No. 147." 
Between this and the next vault at the east of it, is 
planted a beautiful white rose tree, in full flower, whose 
fragrance sent out an odor strongly contrasting with the 
damp smell of the vault from which some of those pre- 
sent had just emerged. 

At a quarter past five o'clock, the undertaker, Mr. Henry 
"Wilson, and his assistants, arrived with the hearse. The 
coffin, which Avas to receive the remains, Avas then taken 
from the hearse, and placed beside the vault, Avhere the 
lid was unscrewed, and the coffin made ready. When 
all was prepared, the word Avas given, the coffin was 
raised sloAvly, and all that Avas left of the body of James 



I 



OF JAMKS MONKOE, 70 

Monroe Avas once more jjhiced upon the surface of the 
earth. The coffin was then placed in the one prepared to 
receive it, the lid of the latter was again screwed down, 
. and the whole, covered Avith a black pall, Avas conveyed 
to the hearse. 

REMOVAL TO THE CHURCH. 

The procession moved along Second street into Broad- 
Avay, np BroadAvay to West-Fourteenth street, and along 
West-Fourteenth street to the Church of the Annuncia- 
tion, (RcA'. Dr, Seabmy,) Avhere it halted opposite the 
Church, and near the house of Mr, Douglas and Mrs. 
Cruger. The coffin was then removed from the hearse, 
and after being carried into the Church, Avas placed at 
the foot of the eastern aisle, upon a temporary platform 
erected for the i^urpose, where it Avas left, the Church 
being closed, and one or two police officers remaining on 
duty, in order to prevent the access of any person, Avith- 
out the permission of those Avho had the remains in 
charge. 

So quietly was everything done, that it is questionable 
whether twenty individuals in the city, exclusive of the 
authorities, and those on the ground, Avere aware of the 
removal. As the procession proceeded up Broadway, it 
Avas met by the feAV people in motion, who scarcely 
glanced at the hearse, Avhich contained the dust of the 
fifth President of the United States, all, no doubt, belieA'- 
ing it to be an ordinary funeral. At the gate of the 
Cemetery, aboiit twenty persons had collected. After 
the coffin Avas deposited in the^Church, some of the gen- 
tlemen present entered the house of Mrs. Cruger for a 
short time, and in a few moments after, the party 
departed, 

AT THE CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION". • 

From noon up to four o'clock and after, crowds of 
people kept pouring into West-Fourteenth street, and in 



80 llEMOVAL OF THi; KKMAIXS 

the direction of tlie Cliurcli of the Annunciation, Avhere 
the coffin was dei^osited. From Broadway to the Church, 
the sidewalks were lined with persons of both sexes, and 
of all ages ; while platoons of policemen from the second, 
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and fifteenth precincts 
stood in ojien order along the streets, keeping back the 
crowd ; there were also at the Church the Deputy Super- 
intendent, and platoons of men from the ninth, fifteenth, 
eighteenth, and twentieth precincts. 

About three o'clock, permission was granted for the 
citizens assembled to enter and view the coffin, and it was 
calculated that about ten thousand persons, exclusive of 
boys and girls of all ages, availed themselves of this pii- 
vilege. They passed in at the door of the eastern aisle, 
and retired by that of the western. The patience of the 
old sexton, Mr. Brown, was pretty well tried on this oc- 
casion, the time being so limited that he was compelled 
to give pretty broad hints to those who were loitering, to 
move on. Some would stoop low to read the inscription 
on the plate, when he would exclaim : " Pass on, pass on, 
my friend, you can read it to-morrow." A visitor, being 
about to read it with his spectacles on, he said : " Seven- 
ty-four years of age, my man, mind that ; and who knows 
but yoxx'll remember it all your life ! " Then turning to 
a friend, he remarked : " I was told something like that 
when I was a boy, and I remember it yet." Another 
visitor went to read it Avithout spectacles, when the Sex- 
ton requested him to put them on, but in order to save 
him the trouble, said : " Seventy-four years of age, and 
his name is James Monroa; he died 4th of July, 1831 ; 
So now you have it without any trouble." At length a 
very old lady, dressed in mourning, was observed by the 
argus-eyed sexton to come the second time, weeping 
bitterly. Mr. Brown immediately said : " Pass on, ma'am, 
jDass on ; you have been here before." 

Old Lady : " Yes, I have ; an' I'd like to see it over 
and over acrain ; it is dearer to me nor to vou." 



OF JAMES MONROE. 81 

After tlie crowd had poui-ed in and out for over an 
hour, the Committee entered, and the coffin was taken 
out, under their direction, and placed in the hearse. 

PREPARING FOR THE OBSEQUIES, 

About noon, on Friday, the City Hall began to thin 
of its wonted attendance of Aldermen, Councilmen, at- 
taches^ and the host of frequenters who are to be seen 
there from day to day. The ceremony which was about 
to take place in the upper part of the city, incident to 
the occasion, no doubt drew them up town. By two 
o'clock all within and about the building was still, so far as 
the departmental character was concerned, save that the 
usual number of gamins^ shoeless and many hatless, 
kept scampering around, determined to attain a preemptive 
title to a favorable position from which to observe the 
procession. 

At three o'clock, many of the warehouses down town 
were closed, and minute-guns commenced firing from all 
the prominent stations in the harbor, the firing continuing 
until sundown from very heavy cannon. 

At four o'clock all the fire-bells and many of the church 
bells commenced tolling, and tolled four strokes a minute 
until the arrival of the coffin at the City Hall. The eftect 
was very solemn. 

AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE. 

The joint Committee of the Common Council, which 
adjourned on Thursday evening, to meet on Friday in 
the Cooper Institute, reassembled in the large basement 
hall of that building,, at half-past two P.M. The Com- 
mittee were apprised, through their Chairman, that 
Messrs. Mumford and Wise, (the delegation from Vir. 
ginia,) owing to the late day at which the tender of the 
United States cutter, Harriet Lane, had been made, had 
been compelled to dechne the use of her on this occasion. 
The Committee, feeling themselves to be entirely in the 



82 REMOVAL OF THE REAIAINS 

hands of those gentlemen, as their invited guests, of course 
entirely acquiesced in the conclusion arrived at. The 
following letter, from Mr. Wise, was read, in reply to the 
letter of the Collector of the Port, tendering, in the name 
of the Secretary of the Treasury, the use of a Revenue 
Cutter to convey Mr. Monroe's remains to Virginia : 

New-York Hotel, July 2, 1858. 
Hon. Aug. Scbell, Collector, etc. 

My Dear Sir : On receipt of your letter of yesterday, my colleague 
and mj^self consulted with tlie members of other committees, as 
well as with the agent of the Richmond Line of Steamers, with re- 
gard to the offer made by yourself, under the instructions of the 
Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, tendering the use of the Re- 
venue Cutter Harriet Lane for the removal of the remains of Ex- 
President Monroe. 

We have both been very desirous of accepting this offer, deeming 
it especially appropriate that a national ship should be employed. 
But we find that it is made too late to effect a change in our pre- 
vious arrangements, without very great inconvenience to the guests 
of the State of Virginia, and even loss to the owners of the James- 
town, whose offer we accepted a month ago. 

Be pleased to convey to the Secretary of the Treasury our high 
appreciation of his tender of the Harriet Lane, as well as our sincere 
regret that circumstances oblige us to decline the same. 

Major Mumford joins me in a grateful acknowledgment of the kind 
courtesy and promptitude with which you have conveyed to us the 
wishes of the Secretary on this subject. 

I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient 

servant, 

0. Jennings "Wise. 

• Shortly after the arrival of his Honor the Mayor, the 
members of the Committee, and some few of the invited 
guests, they were shown over the building by Peter 
Cooper, Esq., and expressed themselves much pleased 
with the plan and arrangement of the whole structure. 
The larae hall in the basement called forth much com- 
mendation by reason of its size, accommodation, and 
acoustic qualities. 



OP JAMES MONROfi. . 83 

By the time the Mayor and party had returned to the 
Hall, a number of members of the Common Council, 
pall-bearers, Virginia residents of the city, invited guests 
and others, had assembled. Ainong those present were 
Anthony Tiemann, (the venerable father of the Mayor,) 
A. V. Stout, J. W. Webb, Major Hill, U.S.A. ; the 
Chevalier Guiseppe Bertinatti, Charge d'' Affaires from 
Sardinia, Consul-General at New-York ; J, C. Zimmer- 
man, Consul for the Netherlands ; Lieutenant Drake, 
U.S.A., (representing Major Cady and the officers at 
Fort Columbus, who were absent on account of pressing 
official engagements ;) Lieutenant Robert B. Bell, U. S, N. ; 
Professor Webster, of the Free Academy; Rev. Drs. 
Spring, Price, Armitage, and Dean, Ambrose Kiugsland, 
(Ex-Mayor ;) John Cochrane, M.C. ; John Kelly, M.C. ; 
Messrs. William Mumford and O. Jennings Wise, of the 
Richmond Committee : Colonel W. M. Peyton, Samuel 
Governeur and Son, James Monroe, Jr., Dr. Monroe 
Minor, Thomas Stillman, General Nye, Dr. McNair, and 
E. D. Connery. 

The members of the Joint Committee of the Common 
Council were distinguished by handsome rosettes of 
black and white silk ribbon, with rich silver tassels ; the 
other members of the Board, and gentlemen invited to 
attend, wore the usual badge of mourning upon the left 
arm. The pall-bearers were all dressed in black, and were 
habited in the customary funeral scarf and shoulder-knot, 
which were also furnished to the clergymen who had 
been invited. 

The resident Virginians of the metropolis mustered in 
large numbers. Among them were : 

Dr. William Banks, J. M. Price, 

R. P. Waller, William F. Gray, 

D. B. Kirby, E. H. Greenway, 

Dr. F. D. Ganningham, R. H. Mosely, 

Dr. A. Tinsley, D. H. Doggett, 

J. W. Grayer, Francis J. Branda, 



84 



REMr)VAL OF THE EEMAIXS 



William II. Harris, 

B. F. Jones, 
"William F. Massey, 
Thomas W. Gibson, 
K P. AVoodrufF, 
Benjamin Hunt, 
Benjamin Hart, 
James S. Glassell, 
James T. Pace, 
Charles N. Reed, 

J. D. Williamson, 
J. J. Wising, 
E. W. Benton, 
Thomas C. Woodward, 

C. E. Hunt, 
R. M. Kirby, 
James Doneghan, 
Patrick H. Butler, 

B. A. Lavender, Jr., 

D. A. Scrymser, 

A. M. Adams, 
Udolpho Wolfe, 
J. E. Robertson, 
W. L. Shepherd, 
M. D. Stanley, 

C. H. Bosher, 
R. H. Moody, 
S. Snodgrass, 

B. Dennis, M.D., 
A. R. Wood, 
Joseph Mosbey, M.P., 
Henry Street, 

II. M. Cohen, M.D., 

D. Gray, 

James A. Patterson, 
Thomas Perkins, 
H. A. T. Grombly, 
J. K. Rliinehart, 
Tlioraas R. Jones, 
William Farley Gray, 
William H. Price, 
James Strait, 
Capt. Drake, U.S.A., 



G. W. Butler, 

George M. Lumby, 

S. R. A. K Stanberry, 

Dr. George B. Wallace, 

A. Jones, 

Captain J. D. Williamson, 

Colonel Thomas Patterson, 

K M. Davis, 

S. R. Burkolder, 

^N". Daniels, 

James II. Gray, 

James Robinson, 

C. A. Colquitt, 
John B. Benton, 
Joseph J. Benton, 
William N. Bell, 
E. Jones, M.D., 

G. H. Swords, Jr., 

D. P. Fackler, 
George M. Williams, 
Jesse C. Conor, 

W. G. Adams, 
James Scrymser, 
Hudson G. Wolfe, 
J. E. Snodgrass, 
William H. Doggett, 
Augustus Branda, 
Louis G. Branda, 
C. W. Morfitt, 
Wesley W. Jones, 

C. J. Leigh, 
A. S. Sullivan, 
Dexter Otey, 
John P. Early, 

D. P. C. Peters, 
George AV. Butler, 
George M. Gormly, 
W. A. Read, 
Henry A. AValker, 
R. M. Davis, 
Lieut. Reel, U.S.N. , 
General Wheat. 



OF JASIES MONROE. 85 

When the time luid avrivecl and passed when it was 
necessary that all should repaix' to the Church of the 
Annunciation, in Fourteenth street, (whither the remains 
had been conveyed,) Dexter Otey, Esq., who acted as 
Marshal for the Virginians, in place of Mr. Campbell, 
Avho was unable to attend, formed them into procession 
two deep, and they then marched on foot from the Insti- 
tute to the Church. Each member was furnished Avith 
a badge, which was worn on the left breast, a description 
of which has been previously given in our account of the 
meeting of the Virginians resident in New- York. 

The Mayor followed the Virginians in an open ba 
rouche, bearing ^xiih him his mace of office shrouded in 
crape. In the carriage with His Honor were Peter 
Cooper, Esq., General J. W. Webb, and Hon. John 
Cochrane. 

The pall-bearers and relatives of the family succeeded, 
and then came the delegation from Virginia, Messrs. 
Mumford and O. J. Wise. The Aldermen and Members 
of the Common Councils of this and the sister cities, who 
were in attendance, followed ; and the members of the 
Joint Committee brought up the rear of the procession, 
which then wended its way at a slow pace for the sacred 
edifice wherein lay the ashes of the illustrious dead. 

The best of order was preserved by Captain Hart and 
his men, aided by several of the officers from the Mayor's 
squad. 

FORMATION OF THE DIVISION DETACHMENT. 

At a quarter-past four the military formed on the west 
side of the Fifth avenue, right resting on Fourteenth 
street, in the following order : Washington Grey Trooj), 
Captam J. M. Varian, sixty men ; Washington Brass 
Band, forty pieces ; Washington Greys, 8th Regiment, 
Colonel Lyons, two hundred and forty men ; Companies 
B and C of tlie 4th Regiment, with six jiieces of light 



86 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

artillery, with seventy-two men, luider the command of 
Cajotain Diehl ; Troop B, 3d Regiment, Hnzzars, Captain 
A. Byser, twenty-three men ; Troop A, 3d Regiment, 
Huzzars, Captain Buke, fifty-fonr men ; Drum Corps, 
71st Regiment; Engineer Corps, 7lst Regiment; Dod- 
worth's Band, forty pieces; Vlst Regiment American 
Guard, Colonel Vosburgh, two hundred and seventy-five 
men. The line was formed at a quarter-past four o'clock, 
by Acting Brigade-Major Harriott, and the troops were 
reviewed by Brigadier-General William Hall. The de- 
tachment was then flanked to the right, and filed down 
Fourteenth street to take the assigned places in the 
funeral cortege. 

THE PROCESSION". 

The hearse was of glass and decorated with fourteen 
plumes of black and white feathers, draped in mourning ; 
it was drawn by eight grey horses, with black fly-nets, 
and black and white plumes and black tassels ; the cofiin 
was visible to all as it passed. 

The funeral procession then formed as follows, and 
moved ofl" at a quarter to 5 o'clock : 

Sergt. "Waterburj-, commanding twenty Policemen. 

Tlie Military in reverse order. 

General Hall's Staff. 

Dodwortli's Band. 

Drummers 7 1st Regiment. 

71st Regt. American Guard, under command of Colonel Vosburgh, 

colors draped in mourning. 

Two Troops of Hussars (3d Regt.) in three platoons, namely : 

Troop A, Captain Buke. 

Troop B, Captain Byser. 

Detachment of the 4th Regt. of Artillery. 

Six Guns covered with crape, under command of Colonel Hinken. 

Washington Band. 

8th Regiment, under command of Col. Lyons, with arms reversed, 

and colors drnpod in mourning. 



OF JAMKS JIONUOE. 



o *^ 
Of 



Guard of Honor. 




Guard of Honor. 


Troop 


Funeral 


Troop 


of 


Car, 


of 


Cavalry, 


Drawn by 


Cavalry, 


Capt. J. M. Varian, 


Eight 


Capt. J. M. Varian, 


Leading 


Grey Horses 


Leading 


Their Horses. 


led 
By Grooms. 


Their Horses. 


CLERGY IN A CAEUIAGE. 


Rev. Dr. Spring, 




Rev. Dr. Price, 


Rev. Dr. Armitage, 




Rev. Mr. Dean. 



PALL-BEARERS IN CARRIAGES. 

First Carriage. 
His Honor the Mayor of New- Hon. John Coclirane, M.C., Ora 

York, tor of the Day, 

General Peyton, of Va., Peter Cooper. 

Second Carriage. 
Mr. Anthony Tiemann, (father Ex-Mayor Ambrose C. Kings- 

of Mayor of New-York,) land, 

Hon. Aug. Schell, Collector, J. S. Giles, Treas. Fire D'pt. 

Third Carriage. 
Hon. John Kelly, M.C., Gen. J. Watson Webb, 

Capt. Leonard, Geo. Wilkes. 

Fourth Carriage. 
Edward M. Greenway, Esq., Va., Reuben Withers, Esq., Va., 

J. T. Soutter, Esq., Howell L. Williams, Esq. 

Fifth Carriage. 

George H. Purser, Esq., Thomas C. Fields, Esq., 

Nelson J. Waterbury, Esq., John W. Avery, Esq. 

Sixth Carriage. 

Elias T. DeForest, Esq., Harvey De Witt, President 

Cincinnati Society, 
Capt. John R. Garland, Va., Dr. James Monroe Minor, Va. 

Seventh Carriage. 
Hon. Moses Bigelow, Mayor of Joseph B. Varnum Esq., Va., 

Newark, Major Hill, U.S.A., Va., 

Robfrt Blow, Esq., Va. 



88 REMOVAL OF THE KEilAINS 

Eighth Carriage. 

Ex-Mayor Harper, A. V. Stout, Esq., 

Homer Franklin, Esq., Hon. Clarkson Crolius. 

Xinth Carriage. a 

Ex-Mayor Havemeyer, Isaac O. Barker, Esq., 1 

Benj. F. Camp, Esq., Elijah F. Purdy, Esq. 

Tenth Carriage. 

O. Jennings Wise, Esq., Ya., William Mumford, Esq., Va., 

Colonel Leigh, Va., Chas. G. Cornell, N. Y. 

Relatives of the family. 

Two hundred Yirginians two and two, on foot, including two 

neatly dressed and likely boys who marched in column 

near the head of the line. 

Members of the Committee of the Common Coimcil, in three 

Carriages. 
Society of the Cincinnati, with badges. 
OflBcers of the United States Army, 
Col. Dimiek, ' Lieut. Yincent, 

Lieut. Craig, Lieut. Bearing, 

Adjutant Haines, Dr. Bailey. 

Officers of the Militia. 
Major-General Sandford and Staff. 
Colonel Henry Sandford, Colonel Morell, 

Colonel Meade, Major Bilby, 

Major H. Thomas, Lieut. James Foster, 

Dr. G. F. Woodward. 
Brigadier-General Spicer and Staff. 
Major John S. Lawrence, Major D. W. Wainwright, 

Capt. Kirby, Capt. Darling, 

Capt. Yan Nest, Capt. Headly. 

Officers of Third Brigade not on duty. 
Major Anthon, Judge Advocate, acting Aid, 
Major Harriot, Quarter-master and acting Brig. Major, 
Capt. William B. Eager, Paymaster, 
Brigadier-General Ewen, Brigadier-General WoodhuU. 

Col. Smith, 13th Regiment (Brooklyn) and Staff. 
Two hundred Line and Staff Officers of the 1st and 2d Divisions, 

four abreast. 

Twenty-eight of the Yeterans of 1812 (on foot,) under the command 

of Colonel Raymond, colors draped in mourning. 



OF JAMES MOXKOK. 89 

Forty carriages containing the remainder of the Veterans, making 

in all one hundred and one, whicli number, by a strange 

coincidence, corresponds with the number of 

years since deceased was born. 

Several carriages containing City Officers, including Coroner Con- 

nery, the Mayor's Clerks, City Marshal, etc., etc. 

MOVEMENT OF THE PROCESSION". 

Though 4 o'clock P.M. was the lionr fixed for the pro- 
cession to start from tlie Cliurch of the Annunciation, it 
was some time after that before all was in readiness. For 
an hour previously, Fourteenth street, from Broadway to 
the Church where the honored remains lay, was lined 
on both sides with thousands of curious spectators. In 
the immediate vicinity of the Church, the throng along 
the sidewalk was dense, almost to impenetrability. The 
crowd around the Church continued to gather till 
4 o'clock, when the bell of the Church commenced toll- 
ing, its solemn peals being answered by other bells all over 
the city. 

At length the military, Avho were to lead the proces- 
sion, came in sight, moving from the Fifth Avenue, the 
"Washington Greys leading. The line was soon formed, 
and the cortege started down Fourteenth street for 
Broadway, to the beating of muffled drums from the 71st 
Regiment. The whole line of march was through an 
unbroken mass of curious and excited humanity. The 
Avindows, the tojJS of houses, the sidewalks, the trees, the 
door-steps, and door-yards, every available spot along 
the line of march, from which the least sight could be 
had, were alive with humanity. Piazzas, balconies, and 
windows were evexy where blockaded with masses of men, 
women, and children. Business seemed universally sus- 
pended. On reaching the corner of East-Fourteenth 
street and Broadway, the procession marched through 
crowds of spectators on every side, and in all directions. 
Everv where down Broadway was manifest the same uni- 



90 KEJIOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

versal curiosity. The sidewalks on both sides of the way, 
iuchidiug those on the cross-streets, were thronged, and 
vehicles of every description were resting from their 
labors in long disorder. The national flag drooped at 
half-mast from the various public buildings. On the nji- 
per corner of both sides of Broome street, the buildings 
were handsomely draped in mourning. The procession 
passed down to and around the lower end of the Park, 
through Park Row to and through the east gate, 

THE LINE OF MARCH. 

The route of the procession was through Fouiteenth 
street and Broadway, around the lower end of the Park, 
entering at the east gate. From Seventh Avenue to 
Broadway, every standpoint in Fourteenth street seemed 
to be filled with men, women, and children, clear out to 
the curbstone. Vehicles of every description, loaded 
with spectators, crowded the side-streets, while every 
window supplied its quota of gazers. To say that Broad- 
way was lined with spectators, would give but a ftiint 
idea of the numbers congregated in that street, so nu- 
merous was the crowd in the street, windows, on brick 
piles, awning-posts, house-tops, and vehicles at the cross- 
streets. The presence of approj^riate mourning drapei-y 
to the buildings was not as general as might be wished, 
though a few bore testimony to their respect for the illus- 
trious dead in this way. 

Niblo's Theatre Avas festooned at the entrance with 
white and black muslin drapery, surrounding a trans])a- 
rency on which was the inscription : 

AFTER life's FITFUL FEVER UE SLEEPS WELL. 

On the north-east corner of Broome street the building 
Avas entirely draped in black and Avhite muslin, hung in 
festoons, with rosettes. In front of the centre of the 
second story was an imitation of a marble monument, 
with the inscription on the front : 



OF JAMKS iIO^'KOK. 91 



JAMES MONROE, 

OF VIRGINIA, 

DijIJ .'46 3uhi, 1831, Sl^cli 71 gtars. 



On one side, 

James Monkoe. 

And on the other, 

WE CHERISH HIS MEMOKY. 

The building on the opposite north-east corner was like- 
wise hunir with festoons of white and black muslin. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police Carpenter had sta- 
tioned all along the line detachments from the Fifteenth, 
Eighth, Fourteenth, Fifth, Sixth, Third, and Second 
Avards to protect the line from the pressure of the crowd} 
and altogether there were about two hundred policemen 
detailed for special duty with reference to the procession. 

THE SCENE IN THE PAKE. 

As at the other points of interest, the crowd com- 
menced early to gather in and near the Park, and it was 
with no little difficulty that at the approjiriate time Capt. 
Walling, who had charge of the police arrangements here, 
could clear the required space in front of the Hall for the 
operations of the military. As usual, unmindful of the 
injunction, " Keep off the grass," the choice green spots 
Avere covered with busy feet ; the trees fairly groaned 
with the weight of adventurous men and boys, while the 
City Hall presented knots of heads at every window, and 
crowds on the balcony, roof and stoops, the latter of 
whom seemed often to threaten the safety of Mayor 
Wood's chain, which kept them from entering the open 
space leading into the Hall. After hours of impatient 
waiting, the announcement was at last made, " They are 
coming," and soon the sound of muffled music, and the 
measured clashing of military accoutrements denoted that 
such was the fact. It was now after half-past five, and it 



02 EKMOVAL OF THE EKMAKNS 

was nearly six o'clock before the lieacT of the procession 
liad marched round the lower end of the Park and entered 
the east gate. The Seventy-first Regiment entered first, 
twelve front and in two ranks, by companies, and wheel- 
ing right into line, facing the City Hall. Then march- 
ing by the right about tace, they took up a position fac- 
ing the City Hall on the oi)posite side of the square, with 
a troop of cavalry on their right. The balance of the 
military Ibrmed in open order along Park Row, and the 
Eighth Regiment marched through with reversed arms 
and measured tread, countermarching and coming \\\> in 
file back, Next followed the hearse, surrounded by the 
Washington Greys, leading their horses, the hearse stop- 
ping inuuediately in front of the entrance. The carriages 
containing the pall-bearers then drove up, and alighted, 
entered the Hall, and formed in open order in the 
passage leading to the Governor's Room, to receive the 
body. Here some delay occurred, and they were kept 
waiting for some time, until finally the coffin was taken 
from the hearse and carried into the Hall, the pall-bearers 
marching at its side, preceding and behind it, to the Gov- 
ernor's Room, followed by the procession of Virginians, 
Here it was placed on stools provided for the purpose, 
and the pall-bearers gathered in a semi-circle around it, 
closely pressed by the people, who had been previously 
admitted to the room. Here they stood for some time, 
no one seeming to know what to do next, when, after 
consultation with Alderman Adams, Mayor Tiemann spoke 
as follows : 

By the arrangements of the Committee, the remains will now be 
taken charge of by the Guard of Honor. As they are marching in, 
the company present will be dismissed. 

The pall-bearers then departed, and the crowd about 
the coflin now became so great, and the curiosity to see 
it so intense, that the room had to be cleared to give the 
Guard a chance to move. The rest of the military Avere 
dismissed al)i)ut a qtiarter-past seven. Company C, of the 



I 



OF JAMES MOXROE. 90 

Eighth Regiment, Capt. Burger, was detailed to stand 
guard over the body during the night, and several vacan- 
cies Avere promptly tilled by volunteers from other com- 
panies in the Regiment. There were ten men on guard 
for two hours, when they were relieved for four hours, 
and so on through the night. Next morning they were 
relieved by Company F, who took charge of the remains 
until the Seventh Regiment appeared. 

THE ARKANGEMEWTS FOR THE 3d JULY. 

Next morning, about half-past ten, the remains were 
escorted to the steamer Jamestown by the Seventh Regi- 
ment, where they were formally delivered to the Com- 
mittee of Virginians, by John Cochrane, on behalf of the 
city. The Seventh Regiment then embarked on the 
steamer Ericsson, which they had chartered, for Rich- 
mond. The Committee of the Virginians and the Com- 
mon Council, and a guard of twenty of the Seventh Re- 
giment, nnder command of Lientenants W, R. Harrison 
and G. W. Turnbull, accompanied the remains on the 
Jamestown. 

SUN-STROKE IN" THE PROCESSION. 

The only accident which occurred to mar the proceed- 
ings was that one of the color-bearers of the Eighth 
Reo-iment was sun-struck Avhile m line, and had to be 
taken home. 

During the moTdng of the procession minute-guns 
were fired from the Navy Yard, Fort Hamilton, and 
other naval stations, and numbers of city bells pealed 
forth the funeral toll. 

TEN O'CLOCK P.M. 

The City Hall was brilliantly lighted, and the Governor's 

Room was thrown open to the public. Numbers of our 

citizens and strangers availed themselves of the op- 

• portunity to pay a tribute of respect to Monroe's mem- 



94 KEMOVAL OF THE REMAI>"S 

oiy. The Eightli Regiment were on guard, and were 
very courteous to strangers. Tlie Hall remained open 
durins; the night. 

THE REMAINS OP MONROE HONORED BY A SALUTE 
EROM THE PERSIA. 

The Royal Mail Steamship Persia, Captain Judkins, 
gave notice that a sahite would be lired by her on the 
occasion of the sailing of the steamer Jamestown, in 
honor of the departure of the remains of President 
Monroe for Richmond. 



The Remains removed from the City Hall to the Steamer James- 
town—Parade of the Seventh Regiment— Five Thousand Per- 
sons witness their Departure on board the Ericsson — The 
Remains delivered to the Virginian Committee on board the 
Jamestown— Addresses of Hon. John Cochrane, Mr. O. Jennings 
"Wise, and Mayor Tiemann— Scenes on the Docks, etc. 

In pursuance of the arrangements of the Committee, 
the National Guard formed m Lafliyette Place, on the 
morning of the 3d July, at ten o'clock. There was a 
large concourse of people present from an early hour, and 
several fashionably-dressed ladies occupied prominent 
places, where a view of the parade could be had. Owing 
to some unaccountable delay, however, the formation of 
the Re"-iment did not take place until near eleven o'clock. 
The men were attired in full uniform — gray pantaloons, 
and knapsacks. The colors were shrouded with crape, 
and the drums were also covered with black. The Regi- 
ment paraded to the number of five hundred and sixteen 
officers and men. The following comprised the field and 
staff: 

Colonel Duryea, 1 

Lieutenant-Colonel Lefferts, 1 

Major Crawford, 1 

Adjutant Pond, 1 

Captain of Engineers Launitz, 1 

Pay-Master Carpenter, 1 

Quarter-master Winchester, 1 



OF. JAMES MONROE. 95 

Ordinance Officer Dros, 1 

Aid — Cajitain Cragin, 1 

Troop of Horse, 30 

Company 1 — Captain Bensel, 50 

Company 2 — Captain Shaler, 54 

Company 3 — Captain Price, 51 

Company 4 — Captain Riblet, 48 

Company 5 — Captain Speaight, 52 

Company 6 — Captain Nevers, 54 

Company 7 — Captain Monroe, 51 

Company 8 — Brevet-Colonel Sliumway, 48 

Company — (Engineers,) 7 

Drummers, 17 

Band, 45 

The regiment presented a fine appearance, and elicited 
Avarm marks of approbation from all present, including 
Mr. O. Jennings Wise, Mr. Mumford, Colonel Peyton, 
and other Virginia gentlemen, who were early on the 
ground. The Regiment, shortly after eleven o'clock, 
broke into column by companies, and marched down Great 
Jones street. Broadway presented a very animated ap- 
pearance, and, as on the previous day, was densely 
crowded. The windows and balconies of the hotels, 
stores, private houses, and unfinished buildings, were also 
filled with spectators, who, however, maintained that de- 
corum which the occasion demanded. Some of the es- 
tablishments on the line of march were draped in mourn- 
ing. The stores at the corners of Broome street, and the 
mourning store, 579 Broadw\ay, were handsomely fes- 
tooned with white and black crape. One of the stores 
exhibited a monument with the following inscription : 

JAMES MONROE, 

OF ■\^RGINIA, 

DIED FOURTH JULY, 1831. 

AGED 74 YEARS. 

As the Regiment proceeded, the crowd increased, and 
by the time it reached the Park, there could not have 
been less than five or six thousand persons present. 



96 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

THE CITY HAIiL. 

From an early hour on the morning of the 3d, the Go- 
vernor's Room, in Avhich the remains were left imder a 
gnard of honor of the Eiglith Regiment, Company C, under 
command of Captain Burger, was crowded by citizens and 
strangers. The arrangements made by the Committee 
for admitting the public, were very satisfactory, and no 
confusion arose. During the night the Guard was re- 
lieved three times, ten men on duty at a time ; and at 
seven o'clock yesterday morning Comjiauy F, Captain 
Buck, took charge of the remains. 

At ten o'clock precisely the funeral-car, drawn by eight 
gray horses, drove up to the City Hall, and was quickly 
surrounded by a large and inquiring crowd. At a quarter- 
past eleven, the Seventh Regiment, i:)reccded by a troop 
of horse, entered the Park and formed in line. A com- 
pany of Greys took up their position in dovdjle file from 
the entrance to the Hall down to the funeral-car. The 
Mayor, the Virginians, and the members of the Common 
Council, then ascended to the Governor's Room, and as- 
seml)led around the coffin. After waiting for some time, 
the Mayor advanced to the head of the coffin, and stated 
that he had been requested to make a few^ remarks, intro- 
ducing Mr, Cochrane, who had been deputed to deliver 
the remains to the Virginia authorities, on the part of the 
city of Xew-York. Mr. Cochrane had not arrived, and 
as time was pressing, and they wished to remove the re- 
mains to the steamer, he would read what he had to say. 
The Mayor then read as follows : 

Sir: It is now twenty-seven years since the body of the statesman 
and patriot, James Monroe, the remains of whom now lie before us, 
were deposited in the tomb, from which they have just been exliumed 
amid every demonstration of respect on the part of the people and 
authorities of this city, not only for the high position he once occu- 
pied, as Chief Magistrate of this our country, but for his elevated 
character, and the important services he had rendered to the Union. 
New-York, still cherishing his memory, has marked the event of the 



OV JAMES MONROE. 97 

disinterment of his remains, for the purpose of their being laid be- 
neath the soil of his native State, Virginia, with that respect which 
is due a devoted patriot and honored citizen. The State of Virginia 
has delegated a Committee to receive them from the authorities of 
this city. You have been selected by the Committee of Arrange- 
ments of the Common Council, to make tliis delivery on their behalf, 
and this important duty is intrusted to you, with the full assurance, 
that it will be performed in a manner not onlj^ becoming the solem- 
nity of the occasion, but the exalted character of the deceased. 

His Honor then directed ]\[r. Wilson, the undertaker, 
to remove the remains. 

The coffin was then taken up by six bearers, and, fol- 
lowed by the pall-bearers, sentries, committee-men, etc., 
was carried down and placed in the funeral-car. 

Whilst the coffin was being placed in the hearse, the 
National Guard presented arms, the drums rolled, and 
all the military honors paid to a President of the United 
States were gone through. The Regiment then broke 
into columns, and, preceded by the band and staff, march- 
ed to slow time down Broadway to Liberty street, into 
West, and on to pier No. 13, where the steamer was lying. 

The scene on the dock and its vicinity Avas indeed a 
moat imposing sight. Hundreds congregated upon the 
ships, steamers, house-tops, and wherever a view could be 
had, to witness the procession as it passed. Even the 
roofing which covers the pier was filled with people, and 
to such an extent that it was at first feared it would fall 
in. One very striking feature in the ceremonies was, that 
when the remains passed through the crowd on the dock, 
hardly a head could be seen covered. Extending across 
pier No. 14, and directly in front of the covering over the 
dock, was draped in deep mourning the following inscrip- 
tion : 

TO THE MEMORY OF DEPARTED WORTH. 

After the Seventh Regiment had gone through the re- 
gular ceremonies, and the hearse had reached the gang- 
plank leading to the steamer, the guard right-about faced, 
5 



98 KKJIOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

and marched off the dock, and proceeded immediately to 
the steamer Ericsson, foot of Beach street. 

DELIVERY OF THE REMAINS — HON. JOHN COCH- 
BANE'S ADDRESS, AND MR. O. J. WISE'S REPLY. 

The Jamestown was newly painted, and very tastefully 
draped in mourning for the occasion. The coffin was 
cariied to the quarter-deck and set upon a low pedestal 
beneath an awning. The Hon. Mr. Cochrane, Mayor 
Tiemann, the relatives of the family, the pall-bearers, 
members of the corporation, etc., assembled around, Mr. 
Cochrane and Mr. O Jennings Wise standing at the head 
of the coffin. 

Mr. Cochrane then advanced, and in a most impressive 
and solemn manner, delivered the following address : 

It is now more than thirty yeai-s since a venerable stranger arrived 
in the city of New-York. The storms of state had bent his form, 
and private care was written on his brow. Released from the bur- 
den of official responsibilities, which he had never shunned, he 
sought in our scenes the tranquillity he craved so much. From this 
retreat he securely contem2:)lated the eventful vicissitudes of the 
world he had left, nor once regretted its honors, or missed its ap- 
plause. A domestic circle opened at his approach, kindred hearts 
cherished him, and the slope of his life gently declined, amid troops 
of friends, to the music of household associations. All revered him ; 
sauntering steps quickened at his appearance ; the citizen paused on 
the way, and the stranger in the gate, to look where passed James 
Monroe. It is thought by our city an honor thus to have sheltered 
the gathering years of one who had been the fifth President of the 
United States. A short time, however, passed, and the familiar form 
was seen no more. As if commissioned, on the anniversary of our 
country's independence, to bear a nation's gratitude to the Presence 
on High, his spirit burst its thraldom in that jubilee of freedom. He 
was mourned as only the good are mourned. He has never been 
forgotten. Earth has been strewed with the recurring tributes of 
more than twenty-five years of decay, and still the public heart has 
kept sentry at his grave. Seasons have come and gone ; moons 
waxed and grown dim ; and while all was changing, still unchanged 
has been the memory of New-York, that low upon its lap was laid 
the liead uf James Monroe of Virginia. Inviolate has been held the 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 99 

sacred charge. It is true that liis deeds live after him, a common 
heritage for all ; but his body descended to the tomb, to await there 
tidings from the State he loved so well. Those tidings came, and our 
city paused; they came, and the busy mart was hushed. It was the 
demand of the father for his son — it was the voice of the mother 
seeking for her child. Men's hearts were touched by the appeal, and 
the very dead was stirred to filial sympathy. From his place of 
early sepulture we have removed the illustrious departed, and have 
borne his body hither, Virginians, to you. As we have come, the 
minute-gun has announced, to laud and sea, the sad funeral transit, 
and the nation veils its standards to our solemn rites. And it is meet 
that it should be so. By no sacrilegious summons, but with a reve- 
rent awe, has tlie silence of a former age been broken — the repose 
of its mighty dead disturbed, and the memory of the sage, like the 
lights of the tomb of Terentia, have diffused a genial radiance abroad. 
A general attention has been concentrated upon the revelation. The 
sacred truths of the olden time attend upon these hearsed bones, and 
have moved in procession with them. Again we seem to witness the 
old ancestral patriotism; again to listen to the precepts of a wisdom 
that no longer* walks the earth ; again the fathers are with us, and 
we move as within the halo of their presence. Virginians, we bring 
you here the casket we have guarded ; we now commit to your 
hands what so long has been intrusted to our own. Our work is 
finished, our duties done. We surrender to you this mortal ; you 
will crown it with emblematical immortality. We deliver to you 
this perishing record of the past ; you will inscribe upon it that just- 
ice he so affectingly craved of you for his memory in the future. 
Virginia — mother — it is thus that New-York gives back to you 
your son. 

As soon as Mr. Cochrane had concluded, Mr. O. Jen- 
lungs Wise (son of Gov. Wise) spoke as follows : 

Mr. Cochrane, Mayor Tieraann, Gentlemen of the Board of Common 
Council and Board of Aldermen, fellow-citizens of New- York, and 
you, fellow-citizens of Virginia, now resident in this great metropolis, 
my colleagues and myself are instructed by the Governor of Virginia 
to tender to you, to each and all of you, the sincere and earnest 
gratitude of the people of Virginia, for the general sympathy and 
kind cooperation with which you have volunteered in the perform- 
ance of a filial duty — by your kind participation in the honors pre- 
scribed by the association of Virginia, to be paid to the mortal re- 
mains and undying memory of James Monroe. In expressing thus 



100 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

tlie thanks of the State nf Virginia, in obedience to our orders, it is 
perhaps, inappropriate, gentlemen, that we should venture upon any- 
further expressions of the sentiments which have just been so happily 
expressed, and which tend so much to raise the hearts and minds of 
all of us upon a level with the dignity of tliis occasion ; but I can 
not abstain from some slight reference to those memories so dear to 
us all, especially to those memories in which New-York and Virgi 
nia have a special interest. I can not abstain from some reference to 
the examples of James Monroe — to call your minds, gentlemen, to 
the true nature of the solemn ceremonies we are called upon to per- 
form. This is no mere pageant of State pride ; it is not even a tri- 
bute — a mere tribute — to the atfection of those to whom James 
Monroe was dearest while in life ; but tliis is a political solemnity. 
It is one of those political solemnities which are always necessary, in 
order to preserve a Republican government, by perpetuating the 
gi-eat traditions of public virtue. It is, then, to the example of 
James Monroe that I would point your attention. It is his example 
that we are assembled to embalm in the hearts of the people — the 
first great example of unswe^wing devotion to truth and liberty — the 
example of patriotism, which found no sacrifice too great for his 
country's good — the example of enduring application to every branch 
of study which could be wielded for its benefit, and the many ex- 
amples of personal wisdom, which he has imprinted upon her history 
for her future guidance and her destinj'. Gentlemen, the time at my 
disposal does not permit me to dwell at length upon all these memo- 
ries ; but there are some too precious to us all to be at all neglected. 
More than eighty years ago a high-spirited Virginian boy obtained 
a commission in the Continental armj^ He won honors at Brandy- 
wine, Monmouth, and Germantown. He accompanied the retreat 
through Jersey, by Washington's side, in "76, to cross the Delaware, 
and won a captaincy by an honorable wound at Trenton. But, gen- 
tlemen, this was not the opening of his military career. It was at 
Harlem and White Plains that he drew his sword in defense of his 
common country. Gentlemen of the Seventli Regiment, you have 
assembled to do honor to the memory of a fellow-soldier of New- 
York. I pass over the succeeding memories. We can not pause to 
contemplate the patient student in the law-office of Jeft'erson, who 
neglected the science of special pleadings to devote himself espe- 
cially to the study of national law. We pass over even his initiation 
into tlie civil service of the country, as a member of the Legislature 
of Virginia. We may pause a moment to look upon him in Con- 
gress in 1788. At that time, James Monroe voted against the accept- 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 101 

ance of the Federal Constitution. The error, grave as it was, though 
but of judgment — and he recognized it in his later life — would have 
sunk, would have martyrized any naan of mere ordinary effiacncy ; 
he woukl have been a martyr to tlie Union party. Not so with 
James Monroe. It was recognized by the people of Virginia, and of 
the United States, that his services were indispensable. Two years 
afterwards, the Legislature of Virginia elevated him to the Senate 
of the United States, and shortly after that, the great leader of the 
Union party gave him an important post of Minister to France ; and 
here, gentlemen, we approach the period of a much greater triumph 
— the severest struggle, the proudest triumph that marks the career 
of James Monroe. At this time, the Presidential chair was occupied 
by a man of such spotless purity of character, who had performed 
the greatest services for his country, with an intellect so high above 
the capacity of most men, that his words fell upon the ears of his 
countrymen as if spoken by the voice of inspiration itself; corrup- 
tion, weakness, incapacity, and infidelity, shrank before him, before 
his words, as they were anathemas pronounced by an angel of God. 
It was in pursuance of his injunction and policy, that James Monroe 
called for the support of the people of the United States. It was 
James Monroe himself who prepared his own vindication, and it was 
a vindication as conclusive to himself as it was conclusive to the 
President. The State of Virginia gave a verdict in his favor, and 
expressed their approbation by electing him chief executive ; from 
that, James Monroe accepted a second time the office of Minister to 
France. Here, gentlemen, is another memory which proves that 
New-York, above all other cities of the Union, has a right to feel a 
great interest in this ceremony. It was during that service that he, 
in conjunction with New-York's accomplished and patriotic son, 
Robert Livingston, negotiated for the purchase of Louisiana. But I 
find, gentlemen, I am intruding too much upon your time, and I will 
confine myself to a few of these memories. While a soldier of the 
Revolution, and the exponent of the Avar of 1812, the statesman who, 
during thi.t war, had controlled the pen, the sword, and the purse 
of the State simultaneously, when he became President of the United 
States, was Commander-in-chief of the army, by reason more of his 
capacity and efficiency, than his political station — the first official 
act almost of James Monroe, as Commander-in-chief, was to inspect 
the military fortifications and war defenses of New-York. There is 
another memory to which we should refer at i;ll times, especially in 
the hour of danger to the Republic, when faction divides us within, 
or foreign foes threaten us from without, whenever — from whatever 



102 EEAIOVAL OF THE EESrAINS 

the cause be — it becomes necessary to make all and every sacrifice 
for the weal of tlie Commonwealth. We can call to mind when two 
aged men met together here to recount over the toils and sacrifices 
they had endured and volunteered, and to count over the treasure 
of republican virtue, which they were proud to leave to their child- 
ren, and their children's children — when James Monroe and Lafa- 
yette joined hands for the last time in tlie name of the Republic and 
liberty. There are two other memories which mark the decline of 
the life of James Monroe. Devoted unceasingly to the service of his 
country ; obliged to resign offices in rapid succession — to chase from 
one to another in the constant claim on his patriotic efficiency — he 
had no time to devote to the cares of his private fortunes. He re- 
signed his office of President of the United States, to go to a home 
of poverty and want. (Sensation.) Gentlemen, a modern writer 
has touchingly observed, that " dignity in poverty is like the scent 
of the wild rose — none linger by the wayside to catch the fragrance 
of its perfume." But, tliank God, when a man has devoted toil and 
treasure to the service of his country, and when he has retired from 
the highest positions with honor, maintained honor, then we witness 
one of those moments when we can all stand with uncovered heads 
in the presence of honorable poverty. (Emotion.) It was all that 
time that kind hands and tender hearts helped the poverty of James 
Monroe in the city of New-York. This, gentlemen, gives you a 
right to participate in this ceremony, a right which Virginia would 
never question, but would most cheerfully relinquish before it was 
asserted. And New- York gave him a tomb in that beautiful ceme- 
tery, secured from public intrusion, but honored with public grati- 
tude. To retui'n thanks for all these duties which the citizens of 
New-York have performed towards James Monroe, is a task too 
great for my feeble abilities. I know no fitting mode in which to 
present the thanks of Virginia for this great benefit ; but I can not 
conclude without reference to a matter for the vindication of the 
honor of my native State. I have heard it said by some that Virgi- 
nia has allowed these hallowed remains to continue too long unnotic- 
ed by the public gratitude. Permit me to say that I can not 
concur in this censure on the gratitude of my State. You know, I 
know, that James Monroe's head was bowed down to the grave, 
partly by a series of personal animosities and political acerbities, 
which chased him even to the tomb. Was it not, then, appropriate, 
exceedingly proper, that every memory of dissent, every voice of 
dissonance, and every discordant tone, should be allowed to die 
away, and be obliterated from the minds of men, before Virginia 



OF ,IAMES MONROE. lUo 

proceeded, in the fullness of time, to pay tlu- merited iKnior to Uk; 
remains of her illustrious dead ? 

DEPARTURE OP THE ERICSSON". 

On the arrival of the Regiment at the steamer's dock, 
there were no less than five thonsand present to witness 
their departnre, among tlicni a large number of ladies, 
the steamers Washington and Hermann, which lay in the 
slips adjoining the Ericsson, being crowded Avitli tlio fiir 
sex. 

It was nearly half-past twelve o'clock when the Regi- 
ment arrived at the pier, and immediately marched on 
board, by gang-planks both fore and aft the vessel. The 
men were soon drawn up in line on the hurricane-deck 
at a shoulder-arms. Here they remained in the above 
position until the captain of the steamer gave orders to 
"let go," and the steamer began to move out into the 
stream. As soon as the wheels of the Ericsson were in 
motion, several hearty cheers went up, both from those 
on the dock and the guard on board the steamer. The 
Ericsson soon headed for the ISTarrows, and fired a salute, 
which was returned from the \yashington, Hermann, and 
Baltic, at the same time dipping their colors. As the 
Ericsson moved dow^n the river, a long white color un- 
folded itself, which displayed in black letters, " N". G." 
When opposite Jersey City, the Royal Mail steamship Per- 
sia fired a salute, and almost every steamship, packet, and 
steam-tug appeared to join in paying honor to tlie occa- 
sion. On their way down the bay the government forts 
commenced firing minute-guns, which was kept up until 
after the departure of the Jamestown. 

DEPARTURE OF THE JAMESTOWN. 

After the ceremonies had been concluded, the coftin 
was removed to the forward upper deck and deposited 
m the cabin arranged for its reception, the guard being 



104 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAIXS 

left in charire. The Committee of the Common Council 
and Virginia Committee, together with their guests, 
amused themselves during the remainder of the time in 
and about the steamer, talking over the incidents of the 
day, until the time of her departure. At a little before 
three o'clock Mayor Tiemann, accompanied by Hon. Dan- 
iel E. Sickels, drove up on the pier, and were received by 
the Committee on board the vessel. Here they remained 
until the dejDarture of the steamer, when they, wishing 
all a safe journey to Richmond, bade them adieu. 

There were about one thousand persons present to wit- 
ness the departure of the Jamestown, and as she departed 
the Persia again fired several salutes, and the forts below 
kept up firing their minute-guns until she was clear out 
of sight. 



•>F JAMES MOXIIOE. 105 



VOYAGE IN THE JAMESTOWN. 



The Salutes to the Jamestown on leaving New- York— the Guard 
of the Kemains— Guests on board— Incidents of the Voyage— Re- 
ception at Norfolk Harbor— Welcome by the Mayor and City 
Council and Naval Officers— Keception at Kichmond, etc. 

As the Jamestown shot out from her moorings on Sat- 
m-day, the 3cl July, at three o'clock P.M., Pier 13, Xorth 
River, she was received with simultaneous salutes from 
vessels and piers on both sides of the river, and in the 
stream. From the Cunard steamer Persia, the Havre, 
Hamburgh, and Bremen lines of steamships, the revenue 
cutter Harriet Lane, and multitudes of smaller craft, and 
the forts on Governor's Island, the booming guns sent 
forth a tribute to the memory of Monroe, while the flags 
of all the shipping were run down at half-mast. The 
Jamestown took a turn a short distance up the river, 
acknowledging the salutes by dipping her flag to half- 
mast, and then took her course for the South. In the 
lower bay she was saluted by the yacht Favorita, and 
likewise on passing Fort Hamilton. 

The body of the Ex-President was placed in the gen- 
tlemen's sitting-room on the upper deck of the James- 
town, which was appropriately draped with black and 
white muslin festoons and rosettes for the occasion. A 
special guard of twenty men was detailed from the Sev- 
enth Regiment to guard the body on the i^assage down, 
who were the guests of the steamship company. The 
detachment was under command of Lieutenant W. 
K. Harrison and Lieutenant George W. Turubull, and 
two Sei-geants, the remaining sixteen men being detailed, 
two from each company, from this service. On the passage 
down, two men were placed on guard at a time, being 
relieved everv two hours, so that the men had two hours 



106 IlEMOVAL OF TIIK REMAINS 

on guard and six hours ofT. Messrs. O. Jennings Wise, 
and William Mumford, of the Richmond Committee, had 
especial charge of the remains, and the delegation from 
the New- York Virginians, consisting of Major Henry 
Hill, U.S.A., Major Anderson, J. A. Paterson, Dr. Den- 
nis, and A. R. Wood, accompanied them as an escort. 
The Joint Committee of the Common Council, of which 
Alderman Adams was Chairman, who had charge of the 
obsequies in New-York, and Hon. John Cochrane, were 
also on board, all being the guests of the steamship com- 
pany, who made every thing as agreeable as possible. 
Captain Parish and Purser J. M. Smith sustained the re- 
putation for urbanity and attention which they had ac- 
quired by their long experience on this line. 

The voyage to Norfolk hax-bor was not distinguished 
much from ordinary sea-voyages, except that the most 
desirable weather prevailed. Sunday was so generally 
observed on board as to suit the tastes of the most rigid 
Sabbatarian, notwithstanding the proverb that "there is 
no Sunday outside of seven fathoms water." The James- 
town carried her flag at half-mast during the entire trip, 
as also the flag of the company. At ten o'clock on Sun- 
day morning the Roanoke, of the same line, passed, diji- 
ping her flag to half-mast in lionor of the occasion, and 
flring a gun, which was acknowledged from the James- 
town. 

THE RECEPTION IN NORFOLK HARBOR. 

Much surprise was manifested at not overtaking the 
Ericsson, with the Seventh Regiment on board. It was 
not believed that she could have been passed during the 
nio-ht, and all eyes were constantly on the look-out to try 
and descry her in the distance. On reacliing Norfolk 
harbor, ofl" Ca})e Henry, a heavily-loaded river steamer 
^\•as discovered bearing down upon the Jamestown, 
which, upon a nearer approach, proved to be the Curtis 



OF JAJIES MOXIiOK, 10'7 

Peck, a former New-York steamboat, l)ut now owned at 
Norfolk, winch had gone out with the mtention of meet- 
mg the Jajnestown. Her decks, pilot-house, guards, 
wheel-house, and bow were crowded so that her guards 
on the side nearest the Jamestown were buried in the 
water. She dipped her flag at half-mast and fired a 
salute ; and a few cheei's were given, which were duly 
acknowledged. Captain Parish, with a keen sense of the 
anxieties of all on board, hailed the pilot of the Curtis 
Peck and said : 

" Have you seen the Ericsson ?" 

" No ; we have seen nothing of her," was the reply ; 
and the question : 

" When did she leave New- York ?" 

" At one o'clock on Saturday." 

" When did you leave ?" 

" At three o'clock on Saturday," replied Captain Par- 
ish. 

The Curtis Peck dropped in the wake of the James- 
town, and kept her company all the way up to Norfolk. 
On reaching Fort Monroe, a few miles above, on Old 
Point Comfort, named after the illustrious Ex-President, 
the booming of minute-guns sent forth a salute Avhich 
continued until the fort was out of siQ:ht. At the li^ht- 
ship on Willoughby's Spit the bell was tolled as the 
Jamestown passed, and soon after the J. E. Cofl:ee, an- 
other North River boat, with excursion passengers from 
Norfolk, ran alongside and gave a salute. All along the 
ramparts of Fort Monroe crowds of people were gathered, 
and still another excursion steamboat, the Georgia, left 
the pier and started to accomi^any the Jamestown to 
Norfolk, and was followed by the Powhatan, another 
boat, which made her appearance oif the Rip Raps, 
a pile of crude-looking fortifications on an island op- 
posite Fort Monroe, which is on the right as you enter 
the harbor, and about fifteen miles from the line of its 



lOS llEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

mouth. Six miles further up the James River the Eliza- 
beth River pours into it from the south, Xorfolk and 
Portsmouth being but four .or five miles from the mouth. 
Here a Swedish merchantman, lying in the stream, ran 
up the flags of all nations except, to the astonishment of 
all, the American, and fired a salute. As the Portsmouth 
Navy Yard came in sight, the well-known ship-of-the-line, 
Pennsylvania, boomed forth a salute, which appropriately 
concluded the i:)atriotic reception which the Jamestown 
had met Avith up the harbor. 

THE BECEPTION AT NORFOLK. 

As the Jamestown rounded Norfolk, the town seemed 
alive with people flocking toward the wdiarf, and by the 
time that point was reached by the steamer every avail- 
able jjlace on the surrounding sheds and wood-piles was 
crowded, while a band of music from the Xavy Yard 
played an appropriate air, and a procession, which had 
been formed, was drawn up, ready to receive the guests 
of Virginia, witli their jirecious charge. A procession 
had been formed in the market square, and proceeded to 
the pier in the following order: 

Band. 

United States Naval Officers from Portsmouth, consisting of 

Commander Dornin, 

Capt. Tucker, Capt. Poore, 

Lieut. Pegram, Lieut. Murdoek, 

Lieut. Broome, of the Marines, and others. 

The Hunter Woodis Rifles, named after the lamented Mayor of K'or- 

folk, with the following officers and sixty-five men : 

Captain Lamb, 

Lieut. Ilayman, Lieut. Dilworth, 

Lieut. Gwaltney, Lieut. Dawney. 

ilayor Lamb and the City Council. 

Citizens generally. 

The Marshals of the procession Avere Myer Myers, 
Charles PI. Shields, Augustus B. Cook, Kader Briggs, 



OF JAMES MONROE. ] 09 

William P. Stewart, N. C. King, S. T. Sawyer, E. Hardy. 
The Hunter Woodis Rifles are a new company, and, as 
stated above, are named after the lamented Mayor of 
Norfolk, who lost his life during the terrible ravages of 
the yellow fever in 1855. The dress is green frock-coat 
and pants, with black velvet stripes, bordered Avitli gold, 
and the new army regulation hat. They presented a fine 
appearance, and are certainly a credit to the city of Nor- 
folk. Among the citizens Avere the members of the 
Young Volunteers of Norfolk, Captain Robinson, in un- 
dress uniform. They are the oldest corps in Vii'ginia, 
having been organized in 1802. As soon as the James- 
town was moored, the officers of the procession came on 
board, and were introduced separately to the representa- 
tives of the various Committees, after which they were 
escorted to the room where the remains lay in state, 
when Mayor Lamb spoke as follows : 

"WELCOME TO NORFOLK BY MAYOK LAMB. 

Gentlemex: Let the foreign and domestic foes of our Union be- 
hold this scene and tremble. Let the false prophets of disunion be- 
hold this scene and forever close their mouths. A scone hallowed 
by the day, this natal day of the only legitimate Independence ever 
born on earth. Perdition to the traitor that would attempt its life. 
The spirit ■which at this moment animates this assemblage simulta- 
neously animates the hearts of all the citizens of the Empire State 
and the Old Dominion, and will ever cause them to beat iu perfect 
unison of feeling. On all subjects of vital importance to our great 
and happy confederacy, N"ew-York and Virginia are united to a m<an, 
and their joint strength will overcome all efforts to destroy it. Sir, 
the land and the sea may separate our persons, but nothing can se- 
parate our hearts. Gentlemen of this civic escort, we honor j-ou for 
your noble conduct on this solemn occasion. Virginia will ever hold 
in grateful remembrance this tribute of respect to the memory of one 
of her most favored sons. She is grateful to New-York for her ten- 
der care of his remains for a long lapse of years ; and although she 
now takes them under her own care, she knows that no links of 
ancient friendship will be thereby broken. The legacy of wliich he 
whose remains you are now conveying to their last resting-place was 



110 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

one of the immortal testators, is a common legacy to our whole coun- 
try, and will be kept unimpaired till time shall end. That legacy, 
civil and religious libertj'^, will be a perpetual heir-loom in our 
households. Soldiers of the military escort — soldiers in appeai-ance, 
and in appearance more beautiful than language can describe — sol- 
diers in reality, when occasion demands it, we thank you for your 
action in this holy ceremony. Can you look upon your fellow-sol- 
diers of Virginia, who stand before you, and not discover any index 
of their honest gratitude for the soldiers' aid to lay their hero in his 
proper grave ? Can you look upon your fellow-soldiers who have 
come to greet you and not swear in your hearts that you will never 
do battle together but in a common cause ? I know you can not. 
And if ever your post be in danger, who will be more ready to fly 
to your aid than your brother soldiers of our good old common- 
wealth ? And her soldiers well know that none will be more ready 
to fly to their aid when their post is in danger than their gallant 
fellow-soldiers of the mighty State of New-York. So may it be, so 
it will be, and members of both escorts, we cordially tender to you 
the hospitalities of our city, and well are you worthy of them ; not. 
for your conduct on this occasion only, but especially for your inde- 
scribable humanity and liberality to us in the hour of need when 
the deadly pestilence prevailed among us, and rendered us helpless 
until relieved by you. Never, no, never will we forget your con- 
duct then. We wish you could be longer with us ; the longer you 
stay among us the greater your love would be for us. "We hope this 
will not be your last visit to us. We assure you our hearts and our 
hands will be open at all times to all of you, individually and col- 
lectively. May this interesting occasion ever be a bright spot in 
your memories, and its concluding scenes in Richmond a continued 
source of the most pleasant associations. 

Hon, Jolin Cochrane, of New- York, replied as follows: 

MR. COCHKAWE'S REPLY. 
Gentlemen of the Civic Authorities of Norfolk : I am authorized 
by those forming the Committee from New-York to say to you a few 
words in response to the remai'ks which have fallen from your 
Mayor. We have been exceedingly proud to have accompanied the 
remains of the lamented son of Virginia upon this occasion to his 
native State. We have been proud to have accepted the invitation 
of the Committee of that State. Wc have been proud thus to have 
been received, and we feel that a great honor is imposed upon those 



OF JAMES MONROE. Ill 

■who have been admitted to any part in these cei-emonies — at once so 
sad, so full of inspiration, and so solemn. There are themes wliich it 
is not for men to treat upon on occasions of this tender kind. They 
are themes of State pride — of State honor. They are themes -which 
connect New-York "with Virginia, and both weep with this fraternity 
of States. They are themes which, if treated upon propei-ly and at 
length, would occupy the remaining hours of this occasion sacred to 
religious rites and solemn memories. Tliey are themes which stirred 
the patriot-liearts of our fathers, and which, I believe, now actuate 
the patriot-bosoms of their sons. (Applause.) These remains which 
lie at our feet, are those which form the connecting link between 
j'ou and us. You are proud of the son whom Virginia possessed and 
whom she has recovered ; and we are proud that Virginia consented 
to commit to New- York the custody of the remains of that son, even 
for the brief years through which they have remained with us. 
When the summons came — for we knew that you were anxious at 
the delay and sad at its necessity — we heard that summons with joy, 
and with equal alacrity obeyed it, and thus is it that here we are 
forming part of this illustrious occasion, which will be memorable to 
all time. We return to you our thanks for this reception, our heart- 
felt thanks for your kind and hospitable invitation, but wc can no 
more than give to you our hearts and hands in a fraternal and cor- 
dial embrace. (Cheers.) 

On invitation of Marshal Meyers, the guests left the 
steamer and walked through the main streets of Norfolk 
to his house for the purpose of partaking of a good old- 
fashioned Virginia mint-julep. On the route they passed 
through the oldest street in Xorfolk, in which still stands 
a church which was built in 1739, and which during the 
Revolution had a British cannon-ball buried in its walls, 
where it is still visible. The streets of the city were re- 
markably clean, and the gutters w^ere sprinkled with 
chloride of lime as an additional precaution. It was a 
subject of great wonder to all who saw Norfolk for the 
first time, that in its position, and with its sanitary regu- 
lations, the yellow fever could ever have spread with such 
frightful devastation. It was gi'atifying to learn that the 
recuperative powers of the State had now almost made 
up for the sad havoc of the fever. At Marshal Meyers* 



112 REMOVxVL OF THE RElIAIJfS 

the punch and mint jnlcp were heartily welcome after a 
rather fatiguing walk ; but time was pressing, and as the 
steamer was to leave for Richmond in an hour, the stay 
was but short. The detachment of the Guards kindly 
consented to stay by the steamer at the wharf and pre- 
vent her being overrun by the eager and curious citizens, 
so that Lieutenants Harrison and Turnbull were the only 
representatives of the Seventh Regiment at Mr. Meyers'. 
They, however, cordially extended the hospitalities of the 
Regiment to Mr. Meyers and their Xorfolk friends, in 
case they should ever visit N"ew-York, and bidding a 
hearty good-by to all, the guests left for the steamer. 

PASSING THE ERICSSON. 

About eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the James- 
town left Norfolk for Richmond, and had proceeded on 
her way but an hour before the lights of the Ericsson 
were discerned ahead. The Jamestown soon ran along- 
side, and was hailed as follows : 

" Have you a river-pilot on board to send us ?" 

" Xo." 

" Can we get up the river with nineteen feet of water ?" 

" I don't know." 

" Will you let us follow you ?" 

" Ay, ay." 

The Jamestown ran up a light at her stern, and slacked 
up her speed to accommodate the Ericsson, and so the 
two vessels ran for about an hour. Captain Parish, how- 
ever, was afraid that he would be detained by the slow 
speed until too late for the tide, and now slacked up, and 
as the Ericsson came alongside, hailed her : 

" Havn't you got a river-pilot on board ?" 

" He says he is one." 

" Can't he take you up the river ?" 

" He says he can." 

" Then why do you Avant me to wait for you ?" 



OF JAMES MONEOE. 113 

" We only asked if we could follow you." 

" Well, sir, I can't wait ; I shall have to leave you, sir," 
said Capt. Parish, of the Jamestown. 

" Very well, sir," was the reply. 

" Shall I take your passengers up for you ?" 

" No, sir," said Capt. Lowber, emphatically. 

Capt. Parish then informed Capt. Lowher that a boat 
would be sent down from Richmond for him, and the 
two vessels again got under way, the Ericsson being soon 
left so far astern that it was feared she had got aground. 
The Jamestown, on her way up, Avas received at City 
Point by a salute from a detachment of the Petersburgh 
Artillery A, and met the boat Glen Cove going down for 
the Ericsson's passengers. 

The Glen Cove hailed the Jamestown : 

" Have you seen the Ericsson ?" 

" We left her below ; are you going down to her ?" 

" Yes, and we will overtake you before you get to 
Richmond." 

BECEPTION OF THE JAMESTON AT KICHMOND. 

About half-past eight o'clock on Monday morning, the 
5th, the city of Richmond loomed up in the distance 
from the deck of the Jamestown, and as she drew near, 
the town seemed to be alive with people in the vi- 
cinity of the quay. Numerous flags were flying at half- 
mast, and as the Jamestown neared her wharf, she was 
saluted with guns, and received with a Virginia cheer 
by the crowd of men and boys. The military, city and 
other dignitaries, had already reached the wharf, and 
Avere drawn up ready to receive the guests, Governor 
Wise, and the other pi-incipal personages, being intro- 
duced to the various committees as soon as the boat was 
moored. The Glen Cove at length hove in sight, her 
deck crowded with the Seventh Regiment, and her 
guards dipping the water from the heavy load. 



114 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 



VOYAGE OF THE EKICSSON. 

FIRST DAY OUT. 

The Passage down the Kiver and Bay— The Salutations— The Van- 
derbilt— The Men at their Leisure— The number of Men— Names 
of the Oflacers— Incident before Departure— Presentation to Cap- 
tain of 2d Company— The Baggage and Dinner— The Seventh as 
Gormandizers — Every Man his own Bootblack — The Night- 
Scenes— How Five Hundred Sleepers were provided for with 
Accommodations for Two Hundred and Fifty— The "Weather— 
The Night Guard. 



Ox Board Steamship Ericsson, 

At Sea, Sunday, July 4, 5 A.M 



.( 



THE PASSAGE DOWN THE BIVER AND BAY. 

Leaving her liertli at the wharf foot of Beach street, 
at 1 P.M., July 3(1, the Ericsson steamed slowly down 
the river. As the several steamships were passed they 
saluted us by firing cannon, which was responded to 
from the Ericsson by discharges from the two nine- 
pounders belonging to the ship. But there was no cheer 
until after the berth where the Jamestown lay, with the 
remains on board, had been passed. At this point, save 
the booming of cannon, every thing bore a respectful si- 
lence on board. Castle Garden passed, however, the men 
gave way to their hilarity, and greeted with cheer upon 
cheer the Yanderbilt, which was just then hauling 
from her dock when the Ericsson passed it, and 
which, before reaching Fort Hamilton, steamed along- 
side, keeping company until the Fort had been left 
some little in the distance. Then, with a parting 
salute of cannon, and cheers, and waving of hand- 
kerchiefs by the ladies on board the Vanderbilt, and 
the waving of hats by the men on both vessels, the Van- 
derbilt passed ahead, in a cou})le of hours being lost in the 
distance. The Ericsson still had in company, however, 



OF JAMES MONROE. 115 

the Satellite, wliich was advertised to accompany 
the excursionists down the bay. There were not appa- 
rently over forty persons on board, and those mostly 
ladies, who kept up a continual exhibition of the ixsual 
manifestations of delight — waving their handkerchiefs, 
some of the more enthusiastic tying them to the 
ropes, where they hung fluttering m the wind until 
the Satellite parted company too, just inside the Hook. 
Opposite Fort Hamilton, the steamer was saluted with 
four guns, a compliment specially paid by the officer of 
the day (Lieut. Deering) in testimony of appreciation of 
the gallant Seventh. 

THE MElXr-THE BAGGAGE. 

Left to themselves, (the salutation ended, and the ship 
speeding her way to her destination,) the men followed 
the bent of their inclinations, wdiile the dinner was being 
prepared in the cabins. Above decks, smoking was al- 
most universally resorted to, and every flavor of cigars 
and every character of pipe was brought into requisition. 

The basra'acce which had been stowed awav, was then 
commenced to be distributed, and nearly the remainder 
of the day Avas occupied in this by the proper officers, 
the men having at once assigned them their berths, every 
one of which was filled to overflowing. 

BOLTING THE DINNER. 

The large number of passengers required that the 
tables should be kept on the plan for several rounds of 
"feeders," extra accommodation for the hungry ones 
being also " rigged up" on the outside of the dining-sa- 
loons. And such " feeding !" The bracing sea-breeze, 
after the fatiguing march of the morning, seemed to have 
sharpened every appetite, and the manner in Avliich each 
individual "bolted" the substantial meal would have 
done credit to the most voracioits gormandizer. 



116 REMOVAL OF TUE P.E3IAIXS 



"CLEANING UP THE BRASSES." 

Dinins: over, the men who had been fortunate enough to 
secure their baggage put on their fatigue-dress. Xumerous 
boot-brushes were brought into requisition, and the most 
active demonstrations were made upon the soiled pants 
and dirty boots ; the heavy accumulation of mud gath- 
ered in the march through Washington street disappear- 
insr, as if the men of the Seventh were versed in that 
most necessaiy part of a citizen soldier's education, 
namelv, cleanins: their own clothes. This seemed to be a 
matter of choice, generally, though there were plenty of 
waiters, who stood by and looked on. 

THE MEN AND THE OFFICEHS. 

By this time, something like regularity and system be- 
gan to exhibit itself, under the orders and ad\'ice of the 
proper officers, and for the first time the actual number of 
men was brought to a certainty, through the reports of 
subordinates and the collection of assessments. The 

figures were as follows : 

yumber. 

Field and Staff, 12 

Xon-commissioned Staff, 9 

Engineers, 7 

1st Company, 57 

2d '■ 57 

3d " 54 

4th " 50 

5th " 48 

6th " 55 

7th " 59 

8th " 40 

Band, 54 

Armorers, 8 

Barbers., 6 



» 



Tot.nl numbor of persons 516 



OF JAMES MONROE. 



117 



The following is a complete list of the officers : 

Colonel Abram Duryee, 

Lieut.-Colonel Marshall Lefferts, 

Major, E. M. Crawford, 

Quarter-master, Locke W. Winchester, 

Assist. Quarter-master, Wm. Laimbeer, Jr., 

Paymaster, Geo. W. Brainard, 

Commissary E. T. Cragin, 

I Timothy M. Cheesman, 

Surgeons, -^ ;;;;;;'. ■.;.■.■.■.■ .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.v,. M. Cameron, 

Ordnance Officer Henry E. Droz, 

Chaplain, Kev. Dr. V/eston, 

Captain, 8th Company Henry C. Shumway, 

" 3(1 " James Price, 

6th " Benjamin M. Nevers, 

'• 2d " Alexander Shailer, 

« 4th " William H. Riblett, 

<< 7th " John Monroe, 

5th " William A. Speaight, 

1st " Wm. P. Bensel. 

Ill this list Captains are placed in the order of seniority. 
[The Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Weston, is the Bishop elect 
of Texas.] 

Surgeon Cheeseman was nnaWe to accompany the 
Regiment, and the responsibilities of the post devolved 
npon Surgeon Cameron, whose services during the voy- 
age were frequently called, and by his kind and judicious 
treatment on this as on other occasions, endeared hunself 
to the rank and file, who appreciate the sacrifice of time 
lie makes from a large practice to give his gratuitous 
services to the Regiment. 

A PLEASING INCIDENT. 

Before leaving their armory, Saturday morning, the 
Second Company, which has gained the soubriquet of 
" the Medal Company," surprised their commandant with 
one of those articles, which for richness and beauty can 
hardly be excelled. It is of solid gold, set with enamel, 
and bearing the design of an Amazon with raised spear, 
surmounted by an eagle supported by flags, and the word 



118 EEMOVAX OP THE REMAIXS 

"Excelsior" above it. On the reverse of the medal 
was the motto, "Pro Patria et Gloria," (for our 
country and glory,) and this inscription : 

"Presented by the members of the Second Company, National 
Guard. Seventh Regiment, X.T.S.M., to their Commandant, Alexan- 
der Shailer, as an evidence of their appreciation of his services as an 
officer, and of the high estimation in which they hold him as a man." 

The medal attracted a great deal of attention on board, 
and was much admired. 

DUSK. 

About six o'clock supper began, and some two hours 
were occupied in the meal. After the meal, and as dusk 
drew on, the men mostly assembled on the uj^per decks, 
and had a good sociable time singing, making mock ora- 
tions, teUing stories, gymnastic exercising, and beguiling 
the time in such like innocent way. The band, too, 
performed several hvely airs, and not a few engaged in 
the waltz, the impromptu lady partners of course being 
uniformed. 

THE GUAED. 

At dusk, the ship was put under guard, Lieut. Wick- 
stead, of the Third Company, in command. The guard 
consisted of twenty-four men, detailed from the several 
companies, who were relieved every two hours, and who 
jn-ocured a quietness on board by properly in keeping 
within the military organization. 

HO"W THEY SLEPT. 

At half-past ten the tattoo was beat, the lights extin- 
guished, and nearly all on board retired. Since there were 
but two hundred and sixty berths to accommodate the five 
hundred men on board, of course there were some strange 
accommodations, more novel than comfortable — though, 
like cfood soldiers, the men bore the inconvenience without 
a murmur, making the best of the occasion. But, though 
there were so many unprovided with berths, there were 



OF JAilES MOXROE. 110 

fortunately mattresses enough for all, and every nook 
and corner — the tables m the dinmg-saloons, the upper 
deck, the cabms, and, mdeed, wherever a mattress could 
be placed, was pressed into the service of a sleeper. The 
scene in the dining-room was particularly rich, for here the 
more noisy seemed to have bunked by common consent, 
and until a late hour it appeared to be wholly infested 
with roosters, geese, sheep, goats, and even pigs seemed 
to be on hand by the squealing. The men laid heads 
next to feet the whole length of the room, and the noises 
and the ludicrous remarks were somewhat entertaining. 

THE NIGHT — "ALL'S 'WELL." 

By midnight, however, the sleeping god had visited 
even the noisy ones of the dining-saloons, and silence 
reigned through the ship, save what was caused by the 
necessary discharge of the duties of the guard. 

The night closed most beautifully. Slight sun-showers 
had fallen all the afternoon, and just before dark a splen- 
did rainbow excited the admiration of the men. After 
dark the rain ceased, and the clear star-spangled heavens 
were all that a lover of " the subUme and beautiful" could 
desire. 

So far, every thing passed off even more satisfac- 
torily than, from the short notice, and large number of 
men could have been expected. 

SICKNESS, ETC. 

There has been but one case of sea-sickness, as yet, 
and that was caused more by the excitement after the 
flitif^uino: march of the morning. The sea had been un- 
usually calm, and the " Ericsson" rode through the small 
waves with hardly a perceptible tremor. As the night 
deepened, however, the sea rolled heavier, and the swell 
was somewhat felt, indicating a general " casting up of 
accounts" in the morning, though happily the men had 



120 KEMOVAL Oi?' THE REMAINS 

the good sense not to indulge to any great extent in ex- 
hilarating beverages before retiring, and all the sickness 
engendered by the sea will not be materially assisted by 
" the tar." 

The doctors Avere very careful and faithful. Before 
starting, they ordered one man ashore, the fatiguing 
march having debilitated him, so that it was feared he 
could not stand the voyage. He was reluctant to give 
up the ship, but was peremptorily though regretfully 
ordered ashore. 



SECOND DAY OUT. 

The Fourth at Sea— Sunrise— Sea-sickness, and Hospital Accom- 
modations—Conduct of the Men— Inspection— Divine Service- 
National Salute — The Orders for Richmond — Close of the 
Fourth— Scene on the Chesapeake— Hampton Roads- The Gene- 
ral Discipline— Future Movements. 



On BoAr.D Steamshii? Ericsson, 

At Sea, July 4, 11 P.M. 



THE SUNRISE. 



\ 



Sunday morning opened rather hazy. The men were 
nearly all up before sunrise, having engaged to call each 
other to see the rising at sea, a sight which most con- 
fessed to witnessing very seldom on the land. The 
clouds somewhat marred the expected scene, yet there 
was sufficient of the novel and beautiful in it to repay 
the trouble of early rising. 

THE PLEASURE OF A SEA-VOYAGE. 

At 5 o'clock the reveille was sounded, the guard relieved 
of duty, and the few sleepers aroused. There was some- 
thing of a stiff breeze, with considerable of a swell, which 
had a perceptible effect upon the men immediately, and 
in a very brief space of time Dr. Geo. F, Woodward had a 



OF JAMES MOXKOE. 121 

regular hospital establishment on the forward deck, and 
with brandy-bottle in hand he administered advice or 
cordial, as the exigencies of the case seemed most to 
require. The cheering words of the Doctor proved, in 
most instances, more efficacious than the medicine. Both 
were in constant demand, however, the swell and breeze, 
with hardly noticeable intervals, continuing throughout 
the day. Some seventy or eighty cases of sickness only 
occurred, the remainder managing to keep down the 
disposition which nearly all felt more or less to givewp. 
There were but two or three really severe cases, but 
under the care of the Doctor, all, it was expected, would be 
able to join in the celebration next day. Dr. Ca- 
meron looked more particularly to the sick between 
decks. Both physicians for the time had their hands full. 

A BARBER'S HARVEST. 

The six barbers and the waiters had their hands full 
from early dawn, every one desiring to look as spruce as 
might be on the Sabbath and Independence anniversary, 
and a small harvest was reaped, particularly by the bar- 
bers, at a charge of two shillings for each shave, which 
the men gladly paid. 

GENERAL DISCIPLINE. 

After breakfast, (first the right Aving, and then the 
left,) the men quietly distributed themselves around the 
ship, talking, singing hymns, and not a few perusing a tract 
which the Rev. Dr. Weston had freely distributed, entitled 
" The Shipmate." There was very little in the way of 
frollicking, though some few of the mischief-makers of the 
Second Company could not resist the temptation to endea- 
vor to make the well ones sick, and the sick ones worse, by 
running around with a bucket of salt-water, and a piece 
of fat pork, which they proposed to administer generally, 
both as a preventive and a remedy. Xo breach of good 



122 KKilUVAL OF THK ItKMAlXS 

order, however, was committed, Lieut. Wm, J. Williams, 
of the Seventh Company, as officer of the day, Avith a 
guard of sixteen men, finding his duty a mere nominal one. 

INSPECTION". 

At nine ox-lock the men were ordered to assemble in 
company quarters, and Avere inspected by companies, being 
dismissed with a notice that divine service Avould take 
place at half-past ten o'clock, in the saloon, which they 
Avere invited to attend at their option. 

DIVINE SERVICE. 

Half-past ten found the saloon crowded, and the doors 
and windows filled Avith participants in the sacred serA'ices. 
The band Avas stationed on the deck, back of the cabin, 
and added their instrumental performances to the occa- 
sion. It AA'as indeed an impressive scene. 

The Chaplain, Kca'. Dr. Weston, conducted the serA-- 
ices. After reading the lessons of the day, he preached 
a brief discourse, taking his text from Matthew 25 : 13 
— the parable of the Virgins : 

"Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour 
■when the Son of man cometh." 

The Rev. Doctor spoke of the popular reading of this 
parable as a flxUacy — the supposition that the five foolish 
virgins represent the kingdom of darkness, and the Avise 
virgins that of heaA^en. In the Avords of the parable it 
should be noticed that the virgins Avere likened to the 
kingdom of lieaA^en, and not of heaven and hell. The 
foolish virgins, he argued, meant those Christians Avho 
Avere doing something for salvation ; not all they could, 
hoAvever, but Avhat they deemed sufficient. The Rca'. 
]ireacher followed up his jioint at some length, showing 
the many little errors to Avhich human Aveakness Avas 
prone, and the correcting of AA'hich, if neglected, to be a 



OF JAMES MONEOE. 123 

want of sufficient exertion for the great goal of heaven. 
He then more particularly elucidated his text : that as the 
Son of man had declared that no man should know his 
second coming, there was a necessity for constant watch- 
ing, even by the virgins, that they might not be taken 
unawares ; and Christians, overburdened with self suffi- 
ciency, would be apt to find that, like the foolish virgins, 
they would be refused admittance to the great wedding. 
And, in conclusion, he appealed to the unconverted who 
heard him, those who had not watched at all, that they 
begin at once, and, like the wise virgins, have their lamps 
constantly trimmed. 

The sermon was attentively listened to by the auditory, 
and all joined with the band in the doxology. 

NATIONAL SALUTE. 

At noon, the services concluded, Independence-day 
was appropriately honored with a salute of thirty-one 
guns from the nine-pounders. 

GENERAL ORDERS FOR RICHMOND. 

The men then generally set to work cleaning up their 
accoutrements, it being understood that they would be 
called to leave the ship before daylight Monday morning, 
as was afterwards officially promulgated in the following 
orders, posted up about the ship : 

Head-quarters of Seventh Ri 
Troop-Ship Ericsson, 
At Sea, July 4, 

The Regiment will parade on their Company Quarters, on the 
fifth day of July, at three o'clock A.M., in full uniform — white panta- 
loons, knapsacks, without overcoats, with a change of white panta- 
loons, and shirts, and fatigue-jackets and cap packed therein. 

The Regiment will leave the troop-ship, and proceed to Richmond, 
to join the funeral obsequies of the late President Monroe. 

Officers will have their baggage packed and ready to be transfer- 
red to the small steamer by a quarter to three o'clock A^ll., on the 
fifth inst. 



Regiment, ) 
4, 185S. ) 



124 KEilOVAX Oi' Till: KEMAINS 

Commandants of Companies are directed to see that their men are 
in thorough order for active service, and also to detail one man from 
each Company to take charge of the knapsacks from the small 
steamer to the quarters in Richmond. 

B}' order, A. Duryee, Colonel. 

Lieut. Geo. W. Siimi, Acting Adjutant. 

THE BAGGAGE. 

The afternoon passed quietly and pleasantly away, the 
men getting tlieir baggnge ready for transportation, under 
the direction of J. H. Simons, of Studley's Express, who 
most efficiently performed the onerous duties of baggage- 
master. 

AW INCIDENT. 

About three o'clock, the steamship) Thos. R. Whitney 
Avas passed and saluted, Chincoteague then in sight. Of 
the Jamestown, nothing liad been seen or heard, and 
many supposed that she had passed in the night. 

INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION. 

After supper, the men were mustered on the after-deck, 
and, w^ith uncovered heads, heard Dr. Weston read 
the Declaration of Independence, followed by appropriate 
music by the band, the " Star-spangled Banner," " Hail 
Columbia," and " Yankee Doodle," At sundown, there 
was a salute of thirty-one guns. 

CHESAPEAKE BAY. 

Entering Chesapeake Bay, the scene Avas magniiicent — 
the sun setting gloriously, while on either side were large 
banks of clouds, -which the men who surrounded the 
railings, jjictured, as their flmcy directed, to represent 
subjects sublime or grotesque. Just as the sun was sink- 
ing, a shower sprung up in the distance, the clouds seem- 
ing to touch in streaks from heaven to earth, exciting the 
admiration of the men, who had never seen this (usual 
sight at sea) before. The band played, and the men in 



OF JAMES MONROE. 125 

chorus sang all the old-fashioned hymns, Avhich, with the 
capital voices of many of them, rising on the stillness of 
the air, sounded splendidly. 

THE NIGHT-GUAKD. 

It being understood that the Ericsson would not, pro- 
bably, reach City Point, where she would meet the 
Jamestown, until two or three o'clock A.M., the day 
guard was relieved at seven P.M. Lieut. Gurney, of the 
First Company, being officer of the night. 

HAMPTON KOADS. 

At dusk, silence was commanded throughout the ship, 
that its officers might, without difficulty, be heard. Many 
retired, but a large number kept the deck, determined to 
be on hand when the vessel should reach the land ; and 
at eleven P.M. a solemn stilhiess reigned on board. 

We can not close this without remarking, that probably 
no body of men ever exhibited better discipline than 
those of the Seventh Regiment did to-day. In my 
peregrinations about the vessel, I did not hear one pro- 
fane word from any man, and orders are obeyed and 
maintained in a manner that would do honor to a corps 
of the regular army, 

FUTUBE MOVEMENTS. 

As yet the desire of the companies had not been ascer- 
tained, on the proposition to go to Mount Vernon, Wash- 
ington, and Baltimore, biit the general A'iew seemed to be 
in its favor, in which case, the Regiment would hardly 
reach New- York before Saturday or Sunday, the 10th or 
nth July. 



126 JIEMOVAI. OF THE REMAINS 



THiRr) r)^Y. 

A knowing Pilot— Meeting with the Jamestown— The Ericsson 
aground— Belief— The Virginia Keeeption Committee— On Goose 
Hill Flats— Speeches of Colonels Mountfort and Duryee— Pro- 
gress up the River— Arrangements at Kichmond— Further Pro- 
gress. 

James River, Jily 5, 1858. 
A KNOWING PILOT. 

Last niglit, about half-past eleven o'clock, lights which 
had been some time noticed after the Ericsson, proved to 
be those of the Jamestown, which soon steamed alongside. 
Capt. Lowber had .previously exhibited some little dis- 
satisfaction with the Virginia pilot, who had been engaged 
to take the Ericsson up the James River to City Point, a 
not very easy task, considermg that the Ericsson was draw- 
ing seventeen feet of water. Captain L.'s dissatisfaction 
appeared early in the evening, when, in answer to a ques- 
tion, the pilot said he thought he could take the big ship 
safely up, but had never been in charge of so large a 
vessel before. Said Capt. L., " You must know," and im- 
mediately he hailed a boat on the larboard quarter, to 
know whether it was a pilot-boat, but they seemed not to 
understand, and the Ericsson passed on. Capt. L. liad 
kept heaving the lead, and up to the time the Jamestown 
was spoken, no mi.shap had occui-red. The Jamestown 
was hailed by Capt. L., when th.e following dialogue 
occurred : 

Capt. L. : " Jamestown ahoy !" 

Reply : " Ericsson ahoy !'' 

Capt. L. : " Is Capt. Parrish on deck ?'' 

Rcj^ly : " No, sir." 

Capt. L. : "Present Capt. Lowber's compliments to 
Capt. Parrish, and say I would be pleased if he would 



OF JAMES MONROE. 127 

permit ns to follow in his wake for eighteen feet Avater. 
Do you understand ?" 

Reply : " Ay, ay, sir. All right." 

The Jamestown then passed ahead, and soon her lights 
were barely visible. She soon, however, lay to, and, 
when the Ericsson came up, another conversation took 
place, thus : 

Capt. Parrish : " Have you a river-pilot aboard ?" 

Capt. Lowber : " He says he is a river-pilot." 

Capt P. : " Then what do you want us to wait for ?" 

Capt. L. : "I simply asked to be permitted to follow in 
your wake to eighteen feet water." 

Capt. P. : " We can't Avait for you very Avell." 

Capt. L. : " Very well, sir." 

Capt. P. : " Shall Ave take your passengers up with us ?" 

Capt. L. : " No, sir, thank you." 

Capt. P. : "A steamer was to leave Richmond to re- 
ceive you, at twelve o'clock to-day. Shall I tell them to 
come on and meet you ?" 

Capt. L. : " Yes ; thank you, sir." 

And Capt. Lowber set his wheels going, the James- 
town followed suit, and soon passed on and was out of 
sight. 

AGROUND. 

The Ericsson Avas then cautiously driven ahead, but it 
Avas not long before the Avheels were stopped, and she 
Avas found to be standing still, and had run on a mud- 
bank. The men naturally felt somewhat A^exed at the 
prospect of an unusually long detention on board, but no 
accident was feared, all reposing the greatest confidence 
in the caution of Captain L. for his property and its liv- 
ing freight. Matters proceeded slowly until about half- 
past one o'clock, Avhen the Ericsson grounded again, on 
what are known as Goose Hill Flats, about tAventy miles 
above the mouth of the James River, and thirty from 
Citv Point. 



128 ItKMOVAL OF THK REMAINS 

The Glen Cove bound from Richmond for the Belief of the 

Ericsson. 

At four o'clock, Monday morning, the trill, sharp-lined 
hixll of the Ericsson appeared, fast imbedded in the mud 
of the flats off Hog Island. Tlie ^yhistle of the Glen Cove 
being answered by the Ericsson, Capt. Davis cried out in 
stentorian tones, " Glen Cove." " Come along side," was 
the rej^ly from the vessel. " Are you underway ?" asked 
Capt. D. " No," replied the same voice, in a tone more 
of sorrow than of anger ; " I am stuck fast in the mud." 
The Glen Cove then hauled alongside, where she laid, 
with the sentry looking down on her from the bulwarks 
of her tall companion, until the fierce rolling of the drum 
caused two or three hundred soldiers to pop their heads 
over the side. It was a very picturesque scene. The 
moon shining brightly on the water, throwing the shadow 
of the steamer across the waters, until her long masts, 
undulating, serpent-like, in their course, reached from the 
ship to the shore ; the hundreds of figures in uniform, 
standing about the decks ; the rolling of the drums, 
echoing across the broad expanse of moonlight and water ; 
and the cheerful Yo-heave-ho of the sailoi-s, combined to 
make it a very interesting spectacle. On board, how- 
ever, the scene was quite difterent, as witnessed over the 
bulwarks, and through the little round holes in the lower 
decks, called windows. On deck, the military were pop- 
ping up from matresses spread all over its surface, and 
dashing down stairs to make their toilet, where they 
found as many more busily engaged in the same opera- 
tion. The aftair of the toilet, however, was over in less 
time than it takes to write this, and one would think that 
the Seventh Regiment liad been as thoroughly drilled in 
the matter of putting on their clothes, as in the manual 
musket exercise. 

Alter the steamers were lashed together, Col. ]Mum- 
I'urd, Chairman of the Couunitteo of Arrangements of the 



OF JA5IES JXOXROE. 120 

citizens, went on board the Ericsson from the Glen Cove, 
accomjjanied by tlie following Committee of Arrange- 
ments on the part of the Common Council of the city of 
Richmond, namely : Thomas B. Bigger, Postmaster ; 
Judge W. W. Crumji, Messrs. R. O. Haskins, L. W. 
Glazebrook, C. W. Purcell, Dr, Roddey, and others. 

CEKEMOKY OF KECEPTION". 

Col. Duryee, Commander of the Regiment, introduced 
Col. Mumford to his men, and that gentleman, in a clear, 
sonorous voice, made the following address : 

We have been deputed a Committee, by the Corporate Authorities 
and citizens of Richmond, to receive and welcome you to the Capi- 
tol of our mother Virginia. The circumstances under which you 
have come among us are calculated to make a deep impression, and 
to excite the kindest sympathies of our hearts. You are paying sad 
honors to one of our illustrious dead, and though his voice is still, 
and can give you no thanks, yet a mother's love receives you with 
open arms, and a nation greets you with gratulation and praise. 

We have not been iinmindful of the kindness and courtesy of our 
brethren of New-York. When this one of Virginia's sons had served 
in every position of honor within her gift, ascending, step by step, 
to that eminence from which the virtuous and pure shine more con- 
spicuous and brilliant, and the vicious and selfish more glaring and 
odious, your State testified in his favor, and twice voted to place him 
among the purified and illustrious. And when he, after having con- 
trolled millions of public treasure, retired to private life in poverty 
and want, seeking the rest which public service denies — your city 
received him in her bosom, and he found that repose which he 
coveted in one of your family circles, where filial affection minis- 
tered to his wants, and kindest friendship soothed his declining years. 

And wlion, on a national jubilee, in the midst of rejoicing for 
National Independence, when gallant troops were marching to the en- 
livening strains of national anthems, and your orators and states- 
men were animating and revivifying all with ennobling patriotic 
sentiment, and high hopes and aspirations were leading the gay 
multitude to enjoyment and mirth, then, when it was suddenly whis- 
pered that the good man and virtuous statesman had just breathed 
his last, that jubilee was turned into mourning and grief, those re. 
joicings were hushed and still, the gay battalions returned with 

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130 KEMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

colors shrouded to the tap of the muffled drum, busy men paused in 
their career, and none Avoukl be satisfied until highest honors were 
decreed to the dead, nor until they were jwid, with touching pathos, 
at the funeral and the grave. The remains were embalmed with a 
sister's tears and a sister's love. 

And now, after a lapse of years, when the mother comes to re- 
claim the bones of her dead, and asks that they may be permitted to 
repose in her bosom, until they shall rise in immortality, the sister, 
with willing heart, decrees them a victor's triumph; her battalions 
vie with each other in demanding to be the guards of honor ; another 
national jubilee is shrouded, her orators again utter eulogies in his 
praise, and her young men and maidens gather roses and laurels and 
strew them around the bier, and the incense of devoted hearts as- 
cends to heaven. What an occasion for renewing fraternal friend- 
ship, for pledging the mutual fidelity and affections of Revolutionary 
times ! How happy will it be, if the bones of our mighty dead shall 
prove a permanent cement to our Union ! 

And if, at some future time, A^irginia shall bring, as she hopes she 
will, to the same spot, the remains of her Jefferson and her Madison, 
and lay them side by side with those of Slonroe, and the other 
Presidents who were born within her borders, shall be brought by 
kindred hearts to repose in her bosom, with her other great sons, 
and the people of every sister State shall make their pilgrimage to 
her shrine, to pay reverence and respect to her Washington, and 
their Washington, and to these lier sons, and their sons, then will 
the Union b-e knit indissolubly together, and the powers of the earth 
may wrestle with us in vain. 

You, gentlemen, have commenced the great work — you are the 
guards of honor wlio attended the first of her sons to his home. We 
have the mournful pleasure of returning to you, as the representa- 
tives of your State, the cordial thanks which all have so justly 
merited and won. We give you the welcome of grateful hearts, to 
our city and our homes, and beg you to carry back with you our 
kindest remembrances. 

The conclusion was followed by a good deal of ap- 
plause, which, having subsided. Colonel Duryee replied 
briefly and to the point, as follows : 

In behalf of the Seventh Regiment, I thank you for this generous 
and cordial welcome. We are indeed honored in being permitted to 
escort, as a guard of honor, the remains of one of Vii-ginia's most 



OF .TAHES MOXROE. 131 

illustrious sons, one who obtained the most exiilted rank that can be 
conferred by a free and independent people. In the person of the 
Late President Monroe were combined the rare qualities of soldier, 
patriot, and statesman, whose devotion to his country, and fidelity to 
this glorious confederacy, entitled him to enduring honor and im- 
perishable fame. Indeed, well may Virginia welcome with honest 
pride, the remains of her noble son. 

Accej)t again, sir, our sincere thanks for this kind reception, and 
the honor conferred upon us by the constituted authorities of the 
city of Eichmond, which will ever be remembered as a public mark 
of respect by Vii'ginia to her sister State. 

THE DISEMBARKATIOlSr. 

The Virginia Committee then returned on board the 
Glen Cove, and preparations were made by the National 
Guard to go on the same boat. In a few minutes they 
commenced their departure from the Ericsson, and 
nothing was heard save the stern tone of command and 
heavy tramp of the military over the gang-plank, as 
company after company, as neatly and precisely appa- 
reled as if for a dress parade, came over the side of the 
vessel. As each company reached the deck, they fell in, 
and the roll was called by the sergeant. Three or four 
being indisposed, were carried into the ladies' cabin, 
upon the door of which the indefatigable surgeon. Dr. 
Woodward, caused to be placarded, " Hospital Quarters. 
Persons will please not enter unless on business." The 
roll having been called, and the members having an- 
swered to their names, all hands were dismissed and 
commenced to secure quarters for the day. A great deal 
of amusement was produced by the seizure of arm-chairs 
by young gentlemen, who would ask a friend to retain 
them in a shady place for a few moments for a sick man 
— the sick man invariably proving to be the petitioner 
himself. Along with the companies there came on board 
two artists, representing Frank Leslie's Gazette and 
Harper's Weekly, both of whom set about making 



132 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

sketches of the scenes of interest presented. One of the 
scenes, it is stated, was the assembUng on the Ericsson, 
Sunday, for rehgious services, which were conducted by 
the chai^hiiu, Rev. Mr. Weston, of Xew-York, Episcopal 
Bishop elect of Texas. 

The accident of getting aground on the flats is laid to 
the pilot, who was from Xew-York, and ignorant of the 
skillful navigation of the James River, necessary to 
brinffiufr up a vessel of the Ericsson's draft of water. 
The Guards expressed much regret at the detention, 
after they were informed that the military of Richmond 
would have been waiting for them from six o'clock until 
the time of their arrival. When the Guard left the ship, 
they gave three cheers for the captain, a compliment 
which was acknowledged by two guns from the vessel. 

THE TKIP UP THE EIVER. 

During the whole trip up the river, the sun was under 
light clouds, and a delightful breeze swept over the boat, 
making a seat in any part of it pleasant. The New- 
Yorkers, no longer "• on parade," scattered themselves 
over it, to enjoy the hour or two before breakfast. There 
was no rowdyism, no swaggering, and, it may almost be 
said, no swearing, a thing pcriiaps unheard of in a band 
of five hundred and sixteen men. At six o'clock, break- 
fast commenced, and lasted imtil within twenty minutes 
of their arrival in this city. The companies were taken 
separately, formed into line on the upper deck, and 
marched into the dining-saloon — company first taking 
the first turn, being followed, after finishing the meal, by 
company second, and so on down to company eight — 
after which the band were served. As each company 
would QfO down, it would leave two of its members at 
the saloon-door, armed with bayonets, Avho guarded the 
entrance against intruders until their companions had 
arisen from tlio table. Some of the eom])anies numbered 



OF JAMES MONROE. 133 

from fifty to sixty men, and, consequently, some confu- 
sion arose from the difficulty of attending to them all. 
The Committee and Captain Davis, however, did all in 
their power to make their visitors comfortable. 

In passing City Point,, several salutes were fired from 
the land, and from a steamer and brig lying there, 
Avhich were returned by the National Guard by the 
playing of a lively piece of music by their band, and 
cheers from the soldiers gathered on the forward deck. 
At various points along the river, handkerchiefs were 
waved, which compliment Avas furiovisly returned. A 
sj)ectacle that seemed to amuse the New-Yorkers much, 
was that of three little negroes, about seven years old, 
dressed in the Georgia major costume, who waded up to 
their waists iu the river, and violently waved such por- 
tions of their only garments as were long enough to 
admit of the process. E-oars of laughter and waving of 
handkerchiefs acknowledged this unusual compliment. 

On approaching Richmond, the men began to assume 
their parade accoutrements, a proceeding which Avas 
more exactly and hastily done, from the sight of the hills 
overlooking the Avharf, crowded with men and women. 
Several of the members expressed the opinion that " all 
Richmond must be there." This opinion was probably 
dissipated Avhen they witnessed the throng along the 
route of march, and the thousands filling the windows 
overlooking it. Not having a favorable opinion of the 
thermometer " down South," nearly every member had 
brought a piece of sponge, Avhich he saturated Avith 
water, and then placed in his hat to prevent " sun-stroke." 
The band struck a dead march as the boat neared the 
wharf, and continued the solenm strains until the Regi- 
ment had disembarked. 



134 REMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

Preparations previously made in Kichmond for the Reception 
of Mr. Monroe's Remains from New- York, 

The citizens of Richmond, distinguished alike for their 
patriotism and hospitahty, took early stejis to make ar- 
rangements for tlie reception of Mr. Monroe's remains, 
in concert with the action of the Governor and Common 
Council of that city. A meeting was held in Richmond 
City Hall, on the 23d of June, which was largely at- 
tended. Mayor Mayo presided, and the following reso- 
lutions were adopted : 

The citizens of Richmond, cherishing an indelible veneration for 
the memory of James Monroe, esteem it a privilege to unite in the 
demonstrations designed by the State to express her abiding sense 
of his memorable services, and they desire to manifest their sensi- 
bility for the honor conferred upon this city, by selecting it as the 
final home of the mortal remains of the patriot, therefore — 

Resolved, That business.be suspended on the 5th of Jnly, and that 
a conuuittee of fifteen be appointed to indicate such other proceed- 
ings to be observed by the citizens as may serve to testify their pro- 
found sympathy with the solemn occasion, and to confer therein 
witli the Governor, or Common Council, or their committees. 

Resolved, That the fraternal interest it has pleased the autliorities 
of the city of New- York, and her zealous military, to evince in a 
matter of such immediate concern to our State, receive our grateful 
acknowledgment, and that a cordial welcome is tendered to all those 
who may thence accompany the remains of the hero and statesman 
to his native land. 

The Mayor appointed the following committee, in 
pursuance of the first resolution : 

William H. MacFarland, Chairman ; Samuel T. Bayly, C. W. Pur- 
cell, C. W. Wortham, Patrick A. Stark, W. W. Crump, James H. 
Grant, Peyton Jolinston, B. W. Richardson, W. G. Paine, W. F. 
Butler, Luther Libby, Andrew E. EUett, Joseph Brummel, and AY. 
II. Ilardgrovc. 

The Third Regiment of Virginia Volunteers ten- 
dered their services through their commandant, Colonel 
Walton, to serve as a Virginia escort of honor to the re- 
mains of the Ex-Pre.sident from the time of their arrival 
to their intormont. 



OF JAJ[ES MONROE. 135 

Second Meeting of the Citizens of Kichmond, on the 29th June 

A meeting of the citizens was held, to receive the re- 
ports of the several committees to whom were referred the 
subjects of the reception, entertainment, etc., of those who 
are to escort the remains of Monroe to this city. 

Judge W. W. Crump, from the Committee on Enter- 
tainment, said, that the report which should be made by 
the committee of which he was chairman, depended so 
much upon the order of proceeding to be adopted by the 
meeting, with reference to the entertainment of the guests 
on the 5th proximo, that he felt scarcely authorized to 
make a final rej^ort. He could say, with regard to the 
reception of these guests, and their entertainment at the 
various hotels in the city, that ample j^rovisiou had been 
made in this respect. So far as the performance of that 
duty Avas concerned, there was little difficulty about it. 
He wrote last night to the Colonel of the Seventh Regi- 
ment at New- York, to ascertain the exact number that 
vv'as likely to come, in order that they might be quartered 
more conveniently upon their arrival ; but he has as yet 
received no reply. When that information was obtained, 
there would be a full opportunity of distributing them 
among the different hotels, in order to secure the great- 
est comfort. 

He made reference to the subject of a dinner, which 
it was suggested as proper to be given to the guests, 
favoring a collation in preference to a set dinner, which 
he conceived would be inopportune, in view of the op- 
pressive heat and the difficulty of conveniently seating 
so large a number as will be present. And then, should 
the former be deemed the most expedient, the committee 
were unable to determine the hour of the day when it 
would be best to furnish it, owing to the uncertainty as 
to the time when the escorts would arrive. This difficulty 
he thought would be cleared up upon hearing from the 



136 IlEJIOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

committee on belialf of the State, who had gone on to 
Xew-York. 

Colonel Caiy, of the First Regiment of Virginia Vo- 
hinteers, submitted a report in behalf of the Chairman of 
the Committee on the Procession, who was absent. 

The following report was submitted from the Com- 
mittee on the Ca})itol Square : 

The committee appointed to have suitable decorations 
and devices prepared for the Capitol Square, have had 
the same under consideration, and beg leave to report : 

To illuminate tlie Capitol grounds -will require twelve hundred 

colored paper lanterns, at a cost of eighteen cents each, $216 

To illuminate the Capitol building will require one thousand 

lanterns, 50 

To illuminate the Monument, 2.5 

For transparencies with suitable devices, one over each en- 
trance-gate, 60 

For one large arch-transparency on the main walk- way in front 
of the Governor's mansion, just inside the inclosure of his 

yard, 25 

One large ditto at the gate fronting the City Hall, 20 

Lights for transparencies, 40 

Two bands of music, '75 

Total $511 

There were other sums added for contingent expenses 
in this connection. 

On motion of J. W, Randolph, Esq., the last two com- 
mittees were authorized to make contracts for the differ- 
ent items in their reports, and at the prices therein 
specified. 

The Committee of Reception was instructed to charter 
one or more steamers to meet the Ericsson at City Point, 
and convey the Seventh Regiment and the other escorts 
to this city. 

After some discussion in regard to a collation for the 
guests, it was agreed to autliorize the payment to the 
Volunteers of this citvthe sum of fifteen liundred dollars 



OF JAMES iEONROE. lo7 

out of the appropriation made by the Council, to enable 
them to entertain their brothers in arms with a repast ; 
the deficit, if any there should bo, to be made up by the 
Volunteers themselves. 

The question of the determination of the hour when 
the procession should form and move to the burying- 
ground — whether u^jon the arrival of the steamers from 
New-York, or at a later hour of the day, Avas briefly 
discussed. Some advocated the propriety of going 
throuo;h the ceremonials at once, so that the remainder of 
the day could be occupied in appropriate engagements. 
This view was predicated upon the presumption that the 
Seventh Regiment would disembark duly equipped and 
ready to enter upon the line of march. A contrary pre- 
sumption formed the ground of argument for a postpone- 
ment of the procession till a late hour of the day — say 
five o'clock P. M. In the absence of full information as 
to the hour when the steamers would arrive, no definite 
conclusion was arrived at. 

The meeting then adjourned, to meet again on Thurs- 
day evening next, to determine upon these matters in 
view of the information to be obtained from New- York 
in the mean time. 



The Translation of the Remains of President Monroe from Wew- 
York to Richmond— Their Disembarkation at Kocketts— Re- 
moval and Interment at Hollywood—The Military and Civic 
Procession, and Solemn Ceremonies on the Occasion— The Pop- 
ular Demonstration of Respect for his Memory— Noble Appear- 
ance of the Seventh Regiment of Wew-York Volunteers- 
After several meetings of the Joint Committee of Ar- 
i-angements, on the part of the citizens and of the Com- 
mon Council, the following programme, to be observed 
at the reception of Mr. Monroe's remains, was agreed 
upon : 



138 REMOVAL OP THE EEMAIXS 

PROGRAMME FOR THE FIFTH JULY. 

At sunrise, the flags of the city, and of the shipping of the port, 
•will be hoisted full mast high, and a salute fired from the Capitol 
Square, commemorative of the Fourth of July. 

At six o'clock A.M., these flags will be dropped to half-topmast 
high, and remain so until the salute at the grave, -which will ter- 
minate the solemn services incident to the day, -when again they 
■will be run np to full mast high. 

At sLx o'clock A.M., the military of the city, and Henrico Dra- 
goons, -will form on Main street, the right resting on Eighteenth 
street. 

At fifteen minutes after six o'clock, the column will be formed, and 
preceded by the Chief Marshal and his aids, the quick march will be 
taken up for Rocketts. 

Arriving, the troops from N'ew-York will be duly received, wlien 
the line for the reception of the corpse will be formed, fronting the 
river, as follows : 

On the right, the New- York National Guard. 

Next, the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, with the Public 
Guard of Virginia, attached on its right. 

Next, the Young Guard Battalion of Richmond. 

Next, the Henrico Dragoons. 

On the right of this military line, and facing the same way, the 
following civic orders will be formed in line : 

— Oa-4lie left, the Committee of Reception, and guests accompanving 
the corpse from New- York, in carriages. 

Next, citizens in general, on foot. 

Civic associations in reverse order of rank. 

Citizens in general, in carriages. 

City Aldermen in carriages. 

City Council, in carriages. 

Ofiicers of the Army and Navy, in carriages. 

Judiciary of the State, in carriages. 

Heads of Departments in the Capitol, in carriages. 

His Excellency, the Governor of Virginia, with the Secretary of 
the Commonwealth, and the Attorney-General, in a carriage, accom- 
panied by his staff on horseback. 

The hearse will then proceed to the steamer, and under the direc- 
tions of the pall-bearers, receive the corpse ; on the appearance of 
which, arras will be presented by the troops ; citizens will uncover 
their heads ; flags will be dropped ; drums give three rolls ; dragoon- 
trnmpets be sounded ; following which, the Armory Band will play 



OF JAMES MOXKOK. 139 

an appropriate air, until the hearse has reached its place in line — on 
the right of the troops — when arms will be shouldered, heads cover- 
ed, and column formed to the left ; and, with arms reversed, the 
whole will move off with appropriate music. 

Arriving at the entrance of the Cemetery, there will be a moment- 
ary halt, to enable all in carriages to alight and form on foot in the 
procession, as it is believed to be unadvisable to allow carriages to 
enter the grounds. 

After the line is formed around the grave, the corpse will be taken 
thereto, with like honors observed as at its reception, and when 
lowered into the grave, the troops will " rest on arms." The cere- 
monies being over, the Artillery will lire three salutes, when a 
column to the right will be foi-med, and all move off, without music, 
at quick time, until outside of the inclosure, when, halting for a mo- 
ment, carriages will be resumed, and with music in quick time, the 
procession will be conducted to the Capitol Square, and there dis- 
missed. 

Bells will be tolled, and minute-guns fired from the Capitol Square 
during the movement of the procession from Rocketts to the grave. 

The ceremonies connected with tlie interment of the 
remains of President Monroe, were grand and beautiful, 
and suggestive and significant in the highest degree. The 
solemnity of the scenes imparted to the late anniversary 
of our ISTational Independence the air of a Sabbath-day 
of Freedom. We give in the following pages a full ac- 
count of the proceedings of this most interesting occasion, 
an occasion which rendered deserved honor to the dead, 
and which proved that the living appreciate the virtues by 
which our institutions were founded, and are determined 
to preserve intact the heritage of hberty they have ob- 
tained for us. The contrast between the simplicity of Mr. 
Monroe's life, and the pageantry of his funeral, suggested 
itself, no doubt, to every mind, but it was not an empty 
pageant, A ceremony which brought to the shores of 
Viro-inia five hundred of the best soldiers of Xew-York, 
and arrayed them, side by side, Avith the gallant Virginia 
troops, in honor of a son of Virginia, a Revolutionary 
hero, and an American President, shows that while 



140 KEilOVAL OF TIJE KEMAINS 

patriots and Presidents of a former era die and moulder, 
the princii^les of patriotism, of love of Coventry, and of 
the Union, continue indestructible, emanating from the 
minds and heai"ts of men, of North and South, of East 
and West, more powerful than party or section, triumph- 
ant over time and change, and amid the darkness of the 
sepulchre shedding forth a brilliant illumination, and 
making the night more beautiful than the day. 

THE CITY— SCENES IN THE MOKNING. 

At daybreak and at sunrise, salutes were fired by the 
Fayette Artillery, under Colonel Nimmo, from Capitol 
Square, in honor of the Fourth of July. Flags waved 
from the various public buildings, hotels, and the ship- 
ping in port ; but at six o'clock these flags were dropped 
to half-mast, betokening the solemn pui-pose to which the 
morninsx was to be devoted. Manv of the citizens were 
employed at an early hour in draping their residences or 
places of business in the habiliments of mourning, and a 
general desire was manifested to pay suitable resjiect to 
the illustrious remains which were soon to be consigned 
to the soil of their native State. The military of the 
First Regiment assembled at their various points of 
meeting, and marched to the rendezvous on Main street, 
near the First Market. There they were joined by the 
Henrico Dragoons, and the Rocky Ridge Rifles, of 
Manchester. The line was formed at seven o'clock, the 
right resting on Eighteenth street, and soon after, the 
column, under Colonel August, took up the line of march 
for Rocketts. The Young Guard Battalion, under Colonel 
Richardson, left their armory at an early hour, and pro- 
ceeded to the same place. On ariiving at the Avharf, the 
military stacked arms, and were temporarily dismissed, 
to await the arrival of the Jamestown, Avith the remains 
of President Monroe, and the Glen Cove, with the Xew- 
York Seventh Regiment — the chivalrous guard of honor. 



OF JAMES MOMlOii. 141 

The scene at this time was singuhivly exciting. On 
the wharves were gathered thousands of i)ersons, Avhite 
and black, of every condition in hfe ; carriages, omni- 
buses, and baggage-wagons, drawn up in long lines ; 
marshals and field officers riding hither and thither, 
giving orders and scattering the crowd to the right and 
left, wherever they Avent ; flags flying at half-mast, and 
signals at half-halliards, on every vessel in the harbor ; 
while on the hill to the north were assembled thousands 
of ladies and children, all dressed in holiday attire, and 
anxiously waiting to see the gallant body of soldiers, of 
whom they had heard so much, and to witness the cere- 
monies incident to the reception of the remains of 
Monroe. 

ARHIVAL OF THE JAMESTOWN. 

The Jamestown came in sight at ten minutes past eight 
o'clock, and slowly approached the wharf, with flags and 
signals at half-halliards. The military were drawn up in 
line on the wharf, and thousands of spectators hastened 
to secure the most eligible points of observation. As the 
ship came alongside her wharf, the Committee and guests 
from Kew-York stood on the upper deck, and appeared 
to regard with much interest the exciting scene on shore. 

The remains of President Monroe having been re- 
moved from the forward saloon to the upper deck, and 
placed under an awning. Governor Wise and Mayor 
Mayo pi-oceeded on board the Jamestown and received 
the guests, and an interchange of friendly greeting took 
place. The Governor invited the visiting gentlemen to 
make his residence their home during their sojourn, and 
the Mayor tendered them the hospitalities of the city. 
The remains were attended by a detachment of the New- 
York National Guard, but after their arrival they were 
relieved by a platoon of the Richmond Grays, detailed 
for the purpose. 



142 KEMOVAL Oe THE R£MA1XS 



THE IMPATIENT CEOWD. 

Meantime the crowd on shore had become very im- 
patient, and the Mayor was compelled to address them 
on the impropriety of manifesting- any symptoms of dis- 
order on such an occasion. Tliis had the desired effect, 
and though the sun became every moment more oppress- 
ive, the jjeople stood and endured it, and conducted 
themselves with becoming decorum. 

ARKIVAL OF THE ]SrE"W-YOIlK NATIONAL GUAKD. 

The steamer Glen Cove, with the New- York Seventh 
Regiment on board, came in sight at ten minutes past 
ten, and desj^ite the solemnity of the occasion, the 
younger portion of the assembled throng gave vent to 
their feelings in a cheer. As the steamer approached 
the wharf, her appearance was really imposing. The 
soldiers, with their glittering arms, were paraded ready 
for debarkation, while the splendid band of the Seventh, 
stationed on the forward deck, jilayed a solemn dirge. 

The Virginia troops were drawn up in line, lacmg the 
rivei', ready to receive the visitors, and without unneces- 
sary delay, the Seventh left the boat, and passed on to 
the right of the line, the Virginia military presenting 
arms as they marched by. 

It is impossible to describe the excited appearance of 
the throng at this time. Expressions of wonder and ad- 
miration were heard in every direction, and no more fa- 
vorable impression could have been created than that 
produced by the numerous and splendid body of sol- 
diery who had come to do honor to the remains of one 
of Virginia's most illustrious sons. The crowd of spec- 
tators increased every moment, and the house-tops, the 
wharves, the decks of the vessels, and the adjacent hill- 
sides, swarmed with a living, moving mass of human be- 
ings. Such a spectacle we never looked upon in Rich- 



OK JAilJiS MUMlOii. 143 

mond before, and it may be long ere we Avitness such 
another scene of excitement here. 

kemovaIj of the remains. 

The hearse, drawn by six white horses, attended by 
six negro grooms dressed in white, now proceeded to the 
steamer, and under the direction of the jxall-bearers, re- 
ceived the remains. The troops presented arms, flags 
were lowered, drums rolled, and trmnpets sounded ; after 
which the Armory Band played a dirge, while the hearse 
proceeded to its place in the line, Miniite-guns were 
fired and bells tolled, continuing during the progress of 
the procession to the Cemetery. 

While the line was forming, a shower of rain fell, but 
being of brief duration, was rather acceptable than other- 
wise, for it laid the dust and cooled the atmosphere, two 
important considerations in view of the long and fatiguing 
march to be performed by the soldiery. 

THE PKOCESSION". 

The procession moved at half-past eleven o'clock, in 
the following order : 

Chief Marshal, Captain Diramock, and Mayor Mayo, in an open 
barouche, attended by Marshal's Aids, Messrs. William H. Smith, 
Thomas M. Ladd, Charles A. Rose, James K. Lee, Dr. William P. 
Palmer, and Dr. James B. McCaw, dressed in white, -nearing black 
sashes, and mounted. 

Henrico Troop, Colonel J. Lucius Davis, thirty horse. 

Staff One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Virginia Militia, 
on horseback. 

Young Guard Light Battalion, Colonel Richardson, sixty-four. 

Armory Band, ten pieces. 

First Regiment A^irginia Volunteers, composed of: 

Virginia Rifles, Capt. A. Lybrook, sixty-five. 

Rocky Ridge Rifles, Captain T. B. Clopton, fifty-three. 

Montgomery Guard, Captain P. T. Moore, (colors enshrouded Ln 
crape,) forty-eight. 

National Guard, Captain J. H. Johnson, thirty-one. 



141 REMOVAL OF THE KKMAIJVS 

Junior Blues, Captain Louis F. Bossieux, twenty-one. 

Richmond L. I. Blues, Captain William II. Fry, thirty-eight. 

Richmond Grays, Captain Elliott, forty-five. 

Public Guard, Lieutenant Gay, forty-si.v. 

New-York Seventh Regiment's Band and Staff, forty-live pieces. 

Field Officers of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, and 
of the New- York National Guard, mounted. 

Seventh Regiment of New-York, Colonel Duryee, eight compa- 
nies, consisting of five hundred and sixteen men. 

Flag of the Seventh Regiment, heavily shrouded in crape. 

Open hearse, drawn by six Avhite horses, attended by six grooms. 
The coffin was visible to spectators as the procession passed. 

Pall-bearers, dressed in black, with heavy black scarfs and batons : 
Messrs. William H. Macfarland, James Lyons, William II. Ilaxall, 
Joseph R. Anderson, George AY. Randolph, Judge John A. Meredith, 
and Colonel Thomas II. Ellis, mounted. A detailed Guard of Honor 
from the New-York National Guard marched each side of the 
hearse. 

Carriages containing the following gentlemen : 

Officiating Clergyman, Rev. Dr. Charles II. Read, accompanied by 
Samuel L. Gouverneur, of New- York. 

Delegation of Virginians resident in New-York. 

Committee of New-York Councils. 

Richmond Aldermen and Councilmen. 

Officers of the Army and Navy. 

Heads of Departments in Capitol. 

Committee of the State of Virginia for the removal of the re 
mains. 

His Excellency, Governor Wise, and Secretary of the Common- 
wealth, G. W. Mumford, Esq., attended by the Governor's Staff, as 
follows : Colonels Chastain White, Samuel T. Bayly, Joseph V. Scott, 
Thomas J. Peyton, and William H. Richardson. 

Citizens in carriages and on horseback. 

The route of the procession lay directly up Main street to Second, 
down Second to Gary, and thence out to Hollywood. All along the 
route, a distance of more than two miles, the sidewalks were lined 
with spectators; every balcony, porch, and window overlooking the 
street, every available spot on the line, was ci'owded with ladies, 
children, and men. On no previous occasion — not excepting even 
the 2'2d of February last — has such a vast throng of humanity been 
visible on Main street. There was, however, no cheering ; all paid 
due respect to the solemnity of the occasion. The minute-guns con- 



OF JAMES MOKKOE. 145 

tinned firing; the bells in the vicinity of the route were tolled, and 
answered by peals from others in the distance ; business seemed uni- 
versally suspended; vehicles were drawn aside into the cross-streets, 
and tlie attention of the entire community concentrated on the im- 
posing pageant in honor of the memory of the illustrious man whose 
bones were now on the way to their earthly resting-place. 

The troops marched with reversed arms, and the bands played 
music appropriate to the occasion. 

On arriving at Hollywood Cemetery, the procession halted, while 
those in carriages and on horseback alighted, and at one o'clock P.M., 
the line passed through the main entrance into the beautiful resting- 
place of the dead. 

CEREMONIES AT THE GRAVE. 

The grave of Monroe is located in the south-west 
corner of Hollywood, on an eminence commanding a 
magnificent view of tlie city, the river, and the environs. 
A commodious platform had been erected there for the 
accommodation of the speakers and guests. The grave 
is five feet in depth, set in cement, and so arranged as to 
give a secure foundation to the proposed monument. 

After the line was formed around the grave, the coffin 
was removed from the hearse and taken thereto ; and 
when the remains were lowered into the grave, the 
troops presented arms, the Seventh Regiment rested 
arms, and the band played a dirge. This portion of the 
ceremony being over, Gov. Wise appeared on the front 
of the platform and spoke as follows : 

GOV. "WISE'S ADDRESS. 

Countrymen and Fellow-Citizens : The General Assembly of the 
Commonwealth has ordered that the remains of James Monroe, one 
of the most honored and best beloved of her sons, shall, under the 
direction and at the discretion of the Governor, be removed " from 
the public burying-ground in the city of New-York, to the cemetery 
at the city of Richmond." The remains are removed, the cenotaph 
is open, and we are here assembled to inter them in their last rest- 
ing-place, with becoming ceremonies. 

In view of the speaking, precept and example of the long life of 
usefulness, distinguished public services and patriotic devotion once 



146 KKMOVAL OF THE KEAIAIXS 

templed in the body of whieh these are the remains, I am not per- 
mitted to be silent. 

No better instance of an American man of the people, or of a true 
American Republican, can be cited than that of James Monroe. His 
leader, his better, his master was the father whose statue mounts the 
plinth of yonder monument ; but Washington was unrivalled and 
stands alone among men upon earth. The patron of Monroe lies at 
Monticcllo, his compeer and equal at Montpelier, and no trio of 
patron and protegees in our past history can approach the group of 
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe in political philosophy, in constitu- 
tional love, and in patriotic action combined. Washington stands 
alone and above all ; then apart ""d grandly by themselves. Wash- 
ington is the great type of nationality ; theji are the triple bands of 
Individual Rights, of State Sovereignty, and of Republican Truth. 
Washington is supreme ; but they are subordinate in supremacy 
only — special only in a greatness necessary as the supreme. 

James Monroe was a country boy of Westmoreland, the county- 
man of Washington. From the eighteenth to the seventy-third year 
of his age, for fifty-five years he was almost incessantly in the public 
service. At eighteen he left his letters and science, his Horace and 
his Homer at AVilliam and Mary, to enlist in the battle-fields of In- 
dependence. He took a commission low down, next to the ranks, 
was severely wounded before he rose to a higher rank than that of 
Captain, and never rose higher in the line of the military. 'In the 
staff of Lord Stirling he was an aid-de-camp, and acquired the title 
of Colonel of a regiment of Virginia, which was never raised. He 
was a Commissioner of Virginia to the Southern camp. He was a 
Leo-islator of Virginia. He was a member of the Continental Con- 
gress. He was a member of the Convention of Virginia to adopt the 
Federal Constitution. He was a Senator of Virginia in Congress. 
He was a aiinister to France. He was twice Governor of Virginia. 
He was again Minister to France, Minister to England, and to Spain, 
and again to England. He was Secretary of State, and in the war of 
" Free Trade and Sailors' Rights," for which he had contended as early 
as 1807, he was Secretary of both Treasury and War. He was twice 
elected President of the United States, and once almost unanimously. 
And from the height of the Chief Magistrate of the nation, he again 
descended to the ranks of the people, and became a Magistrate of the 
Quoi'um of Gentlemen Justices of the Peace for the county of Lou- 
doun. And, lastly, in tlie year 1829-30, he was President of the 
first Convention of Virginia to reform the Constitution of the State. 
This last post infirmity and old age compelled him to resign and 



OF JAMES MO^'KOE. 147 

then, ill 1830, Ids course run, his good fight fought, full of years and 
full of honors, the great and good old man retired to the bosom of 
his family, in the State of his adoption. There he had told the tale 
of his youtliful love — tliere he had inhaled the p _rfume of conjugal 
affection — there he had married the ■wife of his bosom — there he had 
buried her — there his children were settled — and there, weary and 
heavy laden with labors and years, he sought repose. Soldier, Le- 
gislator, Commissioner, Diplomat, Statesman, President, Justice of the 
Peace, Conventionist, and Constitutionalist, he had filled every measure 
of public place, and filled it well, and had received and disbursed 
nearly $400,000 of State and Federal pay, and yet retired poor — a 
debtor ybr the Government, not to it — having spent all, and more than 
all, his substance in his country's service, and went out of her high 
places an honest man, impoverished by his self-sacrificing patriot- 
ism ! He became involved in debt by pledging his private means 
for the defense of the country in the war of 1812, and died before a 
grateful return was ever made. The full debt to him never was, 
and now never can be repaid. 

Plain, practical, didactic, a man of action not of words, lie was 
efiicient and potential in wondrous works of usefulness, and thou- 
sands a thousand fold more brilliantly illumined by genius, were not 
half so successful by the force of good common-sense and the inspir- 
ation of a good, earnest, honest purpose. In the Federal service, he 
was signally blessed and happy. He aided essentially in purchas- 
ing Louisiana, and in acquiring Florida, and was the first to give 
Executive sanction to the good cause of Colonization, which, in spite 
of all that is said to the contraiy, is redeeming the promise of Ame- 
rica to give back to Africa a freed man and a Christian for the slave 
and the savage which Africa gave to America ; and the only Black 
Republic, hopeful of any good to either country or race, and the best 
known asylum of the free blacks every where, hands down to pos- 
terity the name of a Virginia President — the name " Monrovia." 
We are told " blessed is the peacemaker ;" he then is blessed, for he 
poured oil on the troubled waters of party politics, and they were 
stilled by his wise and moderate administration at home, and when 
the Holy Alliance abroad threatened to intervene against the liberty 
of the Colonies of Spain in South-Amei"ica, the still small voice of 
his message to the guardians of the United States Capitol sublimely 
muttered the warning that the Hoary Despotism of the Old World 
should not dare to lay its mace on the liberties of the New. What- 
ever be the interpretation of the Monroe doctrine for the future, it 
was then and thereby that the Southern Republics sprang into life 



148 KEMUVAL OF TIIK KEMAl^S 

and assumed separate and equal station among the nations. It 
■was then, that the North-American Republic taught the world to 
respect its exarajjle and its sanction of freedom, and that it put its 
moral weight into the scale of the Balance of Power on eartli ! 

Venerable patriot ! lie found his rest soon after he retired. On 
the 4th of July, 1831, twenty-seven years ago, he departed, like Jef- 
ferson and Adams, on the anniversary of Independence. His spirit 
was caught up to heaven and his ashes were enshrined in the soil of 
his adopted State, whose daughter he hfid man-ied; of that grand 
and prosperous Commonwealth whose motto is " Excehior," our sis- 
ter New-York, the Empire State of the United States of America ! 
Virginia was the natui-al mother of Monroe, and New-York was his 
mother-in-law ; Virginia by birth and baptism, New-York by mar- 
riage and burial. This was well, for he gave to her invaders the 
glaived hand of " bloody welcome" at Trenton, and New-York gave 
to him a "hospitable grave." Virginia respectfullj- allowed his 
ashes to lie long enough to consecrate her sister's soil, and now lias 
dutifully taken them to be " earth to her earth and ashes to her 
ashes," at home in the land of his cradle. New- York has graciously 
bowed to the family request, has disinterred the remains, has laid 
them out in state, and has sent the elite of her chivalry to escort 
them with banners and trumpets, in military and civic procession, 
to our cemetery. Thrice grateful are we for this once more binding 
link in the chain of affection and union. It makes this no funeral, 
it wails no dirge. It is an anthem of praise and gladness and glori- 
fication. Thank God I that we have lived to this another day of 
liberty and national Independence, in the bonds only of State amity 
and union. Our griefs shall still be the same griefs ; our joys shall 
still be the same joys ; our memorials of men and events shall still 
be the same memorials ; our salvos for tlie past shall still be tlie same 
salvos ; and our shouts of victory for the future of a common coun- 
try shall forever be the same shouts ! Who knows tliis day, this 
hour, here around this grave, that New-York is of the North and 
that Virginia is of the South ? " Tiie North lias given up" and " tlie 
South shall not hold back," and they are one, even as all the now 
proud and preeminent thirty-two are one. 

We affectionately, then, welcome New- York, and cordially em- 
brace her around the grave of him, Virginia's son, to whom she gave 
a resting-place in life and in death. And now I call the minister of 
God to pray for His blessings on this passing scene ; I ask the right- 
eous man to pray fervently and effectually for the example of this 
patriot's life to be blessed to the j'outh of our country ; blessed to 



OF JAXFES MONROE. 149 

the people of this generation ; blessed to the piiLlic men of New- 
York and Virginia and the United States ; blessed to tlie cause of 
truth and justice and liuman -freedom ; and blessed to the perpetual 
strength, peace, liberty, and union of this Confederacy "one and in- 
divisible, now and forever !" May the good which this patriot did, 
be revived by the disinterment of his bones, and may monuments of 
wisdom and virtue like his, be so multiplied and raised around yon- 
der Capitol of the mother of States, that the very statues of her 
heroes and sages and patriots dead and departed shall be the moral 
guide-marks of her living and active servants, to preserve this Com- 
monwealth untorn in destiny and untarnished in glory, to " the last 
syllable of recorded time," when the tenants of Hollywood, this beau- 
tiful city of the dead, shall rise to immortal life ! 

Rev. Charles H. Read, D.D., pastor of the United 
Presbyterian Church, then offered the following 

PRAYER. 

In the name of God. Amen ! 

The dust must return to dust, and the spirit unto God who gave 
it ; therefore do we re-commit these honored remains to the earth, 
dust to dust, until that hour, if it may so please God, when eai-th and 
sea shall give up their dead, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 
to judge the Avorld. 

Let us pray : 

Almighty and everlasting God ! have mercy upon us. We, thine 
unworthy servants, call unto thee from the borders of the grave; for 
Christ's sake have mercy upon us. We humbly entreat thee that 
we may with true penitence of heart consider that, by reason of sin, 
it is appointed unto us to die, and that in a moment, when we think 
not, we may appear before thee. Yea, Lord, by reason of our sins 
we are in the midst of death. We all do fade as a leaf; the monu- 
ments of imman power and pride crumble and fall ; nations rise and 
disappear ; suns, moons, and stars shall fade away, and these visible 
heavens, thou wilt fold them up and put them aside as a vesture ; 
but thou. Lord, art the same, yesterday, to-day, and forever — a thou- 
sand years are with thee as one day. By thee, kings, presidents, and 
princes hold sway ; thy fovor is life, and thy patronage is power. 
We offer to thee praise and thanksgiving for the favor which thou 
hast shown to this nation ; for the aid granted in our counsels ; for 
the victories with which thou hast crowned our arms ; for thy smiles 
upon our arts of peace, and for the benign influence of th}- Gospel 



150 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

upon our institutions and upon the hearts of our people. We bless 
thy name for the wise and patriotic men wliom thou hast raised up 
to enact and execute our laws, to resist invasion, and to suppress 
disorder and tumult. We thank thee that, despite all the infirmities 
which pertain to men, and all the predictions of enemies and fears 
of friends, there has been given to us a succession of Presidents, by 
the free choice of our peo2:)le, under whose administrations our na- 
tional interests have been protected and advanced, and that our 
name is respected among the powers of the earth. 

We thank thee for every sentiment of public virtue wliich dwells 
in the bosoms of our countrymen, and that the virtuous memory of a 
line of illustrious persons, whose names have an honorable place in 
our annals, is embalmed in their hearts; that the very dust of those 
worthies is precious ; that we behold a generous rivalry in showing 
respect to their memory, when their power and patronage have 
passed away. 

Here and now we beseech thee, thou God of our fathers! to in- 
cline the hearts of all present, and of all our people, to the cultiva- 
tion of every proper sentiment of reverence for thee, love for each 
other, and loyalty to our common coimtry. Almighty and most 
merciful Father, who hast taught us to make supplication for all men, 
we beseech thee to lead such as may be ignorant, from error to the 
pure understanding of thy truth, so that all mankind may learn, 
with one consent, to worship thee, their only God and Saviour ; and 
because the hearts of rulers are in thy hand, we beseech thee to 
guide and govern all those unto whom thou hast committed the 
sword ; especially we entreat thee to bless those in authority in this 
land. Let thy fatherlj^ favor so preserve them, let thy Holy Spirit 
so direct their minds, that they may execute their office to the main- 
tenance of pure religion and the punishment of evil-doers according 
to thy holy Word. Give grace to all ministers of tliy holy Word; 
that they may, both in doctrine and life, be found faithful. Unite 
all Christians in Jesus Christ, the true and universal Head, and in 
the true Christian and Catholic faith and love. Let all mankind 
subject themselves to thee, their King. Let the kingdoms of the 
world become the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ. Let 
every soul be subject to the higher powers and not resist. Let them 
obey all in authority. Give us needful sustenance and contentment 
therewith. Bless our labors, giving us the fruits of the earth in their 
season ; and send us such temperate weather as may tend thereto. 
May we be led of thy Spirit to true repentance for all our sins, which 
do thou forgive, and accept and save us in thy beloved Son, for thou 



OF .TAMES MOXTJOK. 151 

art the universal King — all power is thine in heaven and in earth. 
Of thee and through thee and to thee are all things, and the glory 
shall be thine forever. Amen. 

CLOSE OF THE CEREMONIES. 

The Artillery, stationed outside the inclosure, then 
fired three salvos, announcing the close of the ceremo- 
nies. 

The column was again formed, and on reaching the 
outside of the grounds, the music played a quickstep, 
and the procession was conducted back to the city. Af- 
ter reaching Capitol Square, the Neu'-York Seventh 
Regiment was taken in charge by the Virginia military 
and escorted to the dining-hall at Warwick & Barksdale's 
new mill. 

THE DINNER. 

The narrow streets in the vicinity of Gallego Mills 
were crowded to impassability by half-past two o'clock, 
by those who had rushed in haste from the funeral cere- 
monies to witness the entrance of the military into the 
dinino--room. The crowd did not wait long, for in a few 
minutes the rolling of drums announced their approach, 
and then the apparently endless column of the National 
Guard turned into Twelfth street. The view from the 
windows of the mill was most imposing. Far back to 
Main street the platoons of white pants and gray coats, 
marching Avith the precision of automatons, covered the 
ground ; and as they approached, company after company 
of the more gaudy uniforms of the city military wheeled 
into the street, adding color and beauty to the picture. 
Amid the deafening roll of the drums and the cheers of 
the crowd, the Guard entered, followed by their hosts. 
The Guard filed into a room above the dining-room, 
stacked arms and formed into two lines, awaiting the en- 
trance of the other companies. As each of them mounted 
the stairs and filed off before them, the Guard gave signal 
of their approval by furious cries of " hoi, hoi," sometliing 



152 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Ibey substituted for the continued huzzaing used by tlie 
Virginians. The Virginians returned the comphment by 
their usual terrific cheering. AU the companies were 
then dismissed, and repaired to a long table across the 
room, on which were ranged bowls varying in capacity 
fi-om ten to fifty gallons, and spent a few minutes in a 
social glass. 

DINING-ROOM. 

The dining-room was on the sixth story, and embraced 
the entire area of one floor of the mammoth mill. 
Through it were interspersed fifty-seven pillars, which 
formed the support. The ceiling Avas hung with festoons 
of red, white, and blue cloth, which fluttered gayly in the 
delicious breeze from the river. The pillars were adorned 
with holly and cedar, which was confined with knots of 
particolored cloth. On each pillar there Avere crosses 
formed with muskets, sabres, and bayonets, evidencing 
very good taste on the part of those who dressed the 
room. The President's table, at which sat the invited 
guests, was situated at the south side of the apartment, 
and from it, at right angles, ran seven long tables, reach- 
ing to the other end of the building. Behind this table 
were a number of flags arranged so as to form a bril- 
liantly colored background ; stars composed of artillery 
sabres, the points exposed, adorned the pillar in rear of 
this table. Among the gentlemen at this table, were 
Governor Wise, Samuel L. Gouverneur, Jr., a grandson 
of Monroe's ; John Cochrane, Esq., of New-York ; Maj. 
Hill, U.S.A. ; Col. Duryee, of the National Guard ; James 
Lyons, O. Jennings Wise, Chas. G. Connell, G. P. Bick- 
ford, Thos. A. Dunn, John Valentine, Seymour A. Bunce, 
John Frazier, members of the the New-York City Coun- 
cil ; T. W. Adams, Michael ^Murray, M. Tuomey, John 
Lynes, and James Owen, Aldermen of New- York ; 
James P. Gallagher, Sergeant-at-Arms of the New- York 
Council ; Col. Thos. P. August, Jos. Mayo, Mayor of 



OF JAMES MOXROE. 153 

Riclimoncl ; Henry Wilson, Esq., of New- York, the un- 
dertaker, who furnished the sarcophagus and superin- 
tended the funeral ceremonies. 

THE SPEECHES, ETC. 

About four o'clock, the companies in the room above, 
formed and marched down to dinner. The National 
Guard, headed by their band, entered the dining-room 
first, and for nearly half an hour, nothing was heard save 
the tramp of the military in quick and slow step, and 
marking time as they were being conducted to their 
seats at the table. 

Every thing being at last arranged, Col. August, who 
sat at the centre of the head-table, with Col. Duryee and 
the Governor of the State beside him, and surrounded by 
an imposing array of officers, now rose to his feet, and 
in a voice loud and clarion-like, and in words loving, 
brotherly, and patriotic, welcomed to old Virginia the 
Seventh National Guards as follows : 

Brother Volunteers of the City of New-York : In the name and 
in behalf of the voUinteers of Richmond and Henrico, I bid you wel- 
come to our State, our homes, our hearts, and our festive board. 
Although we have looked upon each other this morning for the first 
time, you are not strangers to us. The fame of your gallant corps is 
coextensive with the broad limits of this Union, and the name of 
National Guard is the synonym of model citizen soldier. Gratifying 
as your visit would have been under any circumstances, it is en- 
deared to us because you have come to pay your grateful tribute to 
the memory of one of Virginia's illustrious dead, whose life was a 
long and brilliant career of service to his country. You have come 
to deposit all that was mortal of him in the bosom of that mother 
who gave him birth, reared him with love, and devoted him with 
pride to the nation. 

But, it is not alone for this you are welcome — you are welcome 
because you are our brethren — citizens of a common country, pro- 
tected by a common flag, blessed with a common Constitution, work- 
inc out with us a common destiny upon which the sacred cause of 
liberty depends. You are welcome as the descendants of Clinton, 
Schuyler, Hamilton, and Livingston — names as imperishable as the 



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154 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

recollection of the mighty drama in which they played so distin- 
guished a part — you are welcome as citizens of the Empire State, 
whose giant strides in prosperity and power have added so much 
to tlie glory and renown of our whole country. 

Oh ! may the memories of this day serve to allay sectional jealousies 
and strifes, and to wipe out geographical divisions — may they serve 
to bind us together, as our forefathers were bound, by links of sin- 
cere and fraternal affection. May the recollection of these blended 
banners (pointing to th flags of the New- York and Virginia Regi- 
ments, suspended together over the head of the table) always re- 
mind us of the blended glories of the past and the blended hopes of 
the future, and may all our efforts be dedicated to the advancement 
of the honor of our whole country — the perpetuation of our glori- 
ous Union, and the rights of each and all the sovereignties that com- 
pose it. 

To all our guests I extend a cordial and hearty welcome. I have 
now but one request to make — but one order to give — eat what is 
set before you. 

The order from headquarters was promptly obeyed, 
and the edibles rapidly disappeared. After the cloth was 
cleared, glasses were filled, and the reading of regular 
toasts commenced. They were as follows : 

1. July 4th, '76. Tlie birthday of this nation. Its anniversarj', 
the most important In the history of mankind. 

2. Washington. The light of his age, the pride of his coimtry, the 
glory of his species — the world never looked upon his equal, and can 
never behold his superior. 

3. The memory of James Monroe — the soldier and statesman. 

4. The union of the States. May the spirit of liberty, like the rod 
of Aaron, swallow up the sj)irit of fanaticism. 

James Lyons, Esq., in answer to loads calls, responded 
briefly. He said he was no idolater of the Union, for the 
Union itself — he was not for a union merely for the bene- 
fits it conferred. He was for a union on principle. A 
union of hearts and hands. A union of Virginia men 
with New-York women. He paid a high compliment to 
New-York and her military rej^resentatives present, and 
alluded to the fact that James Monroe had married a 



OF JAMES JIONROE. 155 

New-York lady, and after a commentary on his life and 
services, concluded with the following sentiment : 

New-York and Virginia. United in glory, united by interest, and 
united by marriage, nothing but fanaticism can separate them. 

5. New- York. We tender our thanks for the manner in which 
she has restored to the bosom of the mother the remains of lier long 
absent son. 

John Cochrane, Esq., of New-York, responded to this 
toast. He said he did not suppose he could be heard, or 
that it was possible for a human being to make himself 
heard on an occasion so exciting and so glorious. But as 
a son of New- York, he was prepared to lay all her glories 
and honors at the feet of Virginia. It was New-York 
who had reason to be proud of her part in this occasion, 
for her sons had come on a pilgrimage of love to return 
the sacred deposit she had retained for so many years. 
If he could be heard on this occasion, he would attempt 
to show how closely the interests of the two States were 
identified — that so long as Virginia and New- York shall 
be commercially connected, there can be no danger of a 
dissolution of the Union. He then referred to the origin 
of the Revolutionary "War, saying that Virginia was the 
motive power — hers the talent and combination, and 
hers the man that made the Revolution. Though he 
felt all the pride in his native State that could be looked 
for, he was yet more proud in finding her name so closely 
associated in the toast with that of the distinguished 
statesman deceased. He alluded to the great wealth yet 
undeveloped in the bosom of the Old Dominion, and was 
rejoiced that the inhabitants of the State seemed about 
to throw off the lethargy which had so long closed her 
bosom to the appeals of mining and manufactures, and 
•place the State m the front rank of her confederate sis- 
ters, imder the guidance of the distinguished leader (Gov. 
Wise) who sat near him, who was uoav devoting his en- 
ergies and hi> life to the accomplishment of that grand 



loG REMOVAL OF THK REMAINS 

purpose. He spoke liopefully of Virginia's future, and 
urged her sons to go on and develop the bright colors 
it contained and realize the olorv which was their right. 
After some farther remarks in the same strain, he closed 
with an approjDriate sentiment, which was received with 
loud applause : 

6. Virginia. Her sons of the past. Her sons of the present can 
speak for themselves. 

Gov. Wise was called upon to respond. When he 
arose. Col. Duryee proposed three cheers, which Avere 
heartily given by the National Guard, and followed up by 
continued cheering for some fifteen minutes. 

Fellow- Citizens: I think I can call ourselves to witness that we 
are the most cheerful meeting that ever gathered together. [Laugh- 
ter.] We are told in tlie toast to which I have been called upon to 
respond, that it is first given to "Virginia;" next to her "sons of 
the past;" and as for lier sons of the present, they can speak for 
themselves ; and I think I can call yourselves to witness, that every 
one of us can speak at once. [Laughter. There was immense con- 
fusion in the hall.] Last night, late, I was notiiied duly that I would 
be called upon this day to respond to this toast ; and when I came 
to look at it, very little reflection taught me that it would take a 
whole lifetime to respond to it. Once, when the State of Massachu- 
setts, the older sister of Virginia, was alluded to — and alluded to 
with a sneer — all that that master of eloquence, no other than Dan- 
iel Webster himself, did say, was, " There Massachusetts stands ;" and 
in respect to Virginia, I would take up the sentiment of his words, 
and say : " Here Virginia stands." [Applause.] But are you pre- 
pared to listen to a library of history in speaking of herself, and a 
biography in speaking of her sons of the past ? It would take vol- 
umes to speak or to write her history and their biography. No ! you 
have not the time for either now, and we are not prepared for the 
task. But Virginia has her history of her settlement ! And there 
stands Jamestown, with all the romance of the history of Pocahon- 
tas and Capt. Smith. [Applause.] Virginia has her colonial history, 
and there is a volume in the first rebellion against British tj-ranny 
on the continent — Bacon's Rebellion. And tliere, near you, is 
" Bloody Run," and lieside* lliis, tliere is " Point Pleasant," and be- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 157 

yond that is the march of George Rogers Clark to Kaskaskia and 
Vineennes, that beats any inarch of the ten thousand in Grecian or 
Persian history. [Applause.] And then, Virginia has her Revolu- 
tionary historj'. Go to the old magazines at VVilliamsburgh, and 
there you Avill find was the first ball of the revolution to Avhioh 
Patrick Henry's eloquence gave the impulse. [Applause.] Go to 
the very frontispiece of the first work of the first convention of our 
fathers, and there you will find the record of the first Bill of Rights, 
not excepting Magna Charta. [Applause.] I am, fellow-citizens, 
not alluding to events like those which threw the tea into the har- 
bor of Boston — that, and other deeds of like kind, were done by 
masked men — men who had to assume the costume of the red men — 
of Mohawks. But I speak of open and organized action. Go to the 
old Raleigh, in Williamsburgh, and you will there find that without 
putting on a mask, Virginia, through her legislators and representa- 
tives, the first that ever sat in the world, of a sovereign constituen- 
cy, was the first openly, daringly, in organized conclave to proclaim 
freedom and independence on the 20th of June, 1776. [Applause.] 
She alone proclaimed herself solely without knowing whether any 
sister State would back her, free, sovereign, and independent. [Ap- 
plause.] Go, then, into Carpenter's Hall, and see the sovereign 
States meet ; see them assemble there. Oh ! what a scene ! My 
God, if you can only picture that scene this day in an assembly like 
this ! Charles Cai-roll signing the risk of millions, and Stephen Hop- 
kins, with palsy in the hand but none in the heart, signing — signing 
what ? Signing the great charter, the great national Declaration, 
which said that the Virginia declaration of the 20th of June shall 
not be left alone, but that the 4th of July shall be added to the de- 
claration of the 20th of June, and that the whole nation shall be 
united in one Declaration, written by the four fingers and the thumb 
of one of Virginia's sires. [Tremendous applause.] Look to Vir- 
ginia's part in the formation of the articles of the Confederation, 
which led to the formation of your Federal Constitution. Listen to 
me now, and to what I am going to say — I wish that there was no 
noise, and that there was silence in all the earth, and that I had the 
trumpet of an archangel to sound it every where. When your 
fathers attempted to form this Union they did not know, before- 
hand, what sort of a union it was to be. They set to work and did 
the best they could under the circumstances. What they would ac- 
complish no man could tell. There was not a head upon either that 
had the human wisdom to foretell what it was to be ; but they went 
in /or union for union's sake. [Applause.] By all the gods, by all 



158 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

the altars of my country, I go for union for union's sake. [Loud ap- 
plause, which continued for several minutes.] They set to work to 
make the best Union they could, and they did make the best Union 
and the best Government that ever was made. [Applause.] Wash- 
ington, Franklin, Jefferson — all combined in Congress or out of Con- 
gress, in Convention or out of Convention, never made that Consti- 
tution—God Almighty sent it down to your fathers. [Applause.] 
It was a work, too, of glory and a work of inspiration. [Applause.] 
I believe that as fully as I believe in my Bible. No man, from Ham- 
ilton, and Jay, and Madison — from Edmund Randolph, who had the 
chief hand in making it — and he was a Virginian — the writers of it, 
the authors of it, and you who have lived under it from 1789 down 
to this year of our Lord 1858— none of your fathers and none of 
your father's sons, has ever measured the height, or the depth, or the 
length, or the breadth of the wisdom of that Constitution. [Loud 
applause.] 

Virginia, Virginia speaks for herself, she gave you the father of 
your country. [Applause.] She gave you your revolution ; she gave 
you your liberty ; she gave you the author of the Declaration of In- 
dependence ; slie put the ball of revolution in motion and was the 
first that gave it impulse. [Applause.] She was the mother of your 
Constitution in the person of Edmund Randolph and Madison. And 
then she Avas the mother of your judiciary in the person of John 
Marshall. [Ajiplause.] Mother of the Father of the country; 
mother of the Constitution ; mother of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence ; mother of the Revolution ; mother of the Judiciary, whicli is 
the great bulwark of the Constitution. [Loud applause.] We may 
well claim that she is " mother of us all !" Is it necessary for me to 
give you a list of her sons ? They are more numerous than the 
mighty pillars of this mighty fabric ; and they are just as staunch in 
their historical version as these pillars in the firm basements. [Loud 
applause.] 

And now after all, they talk about A^irginia's decay : she has never 
decayed, she has not decayed ; she has not progressed in mechanic 
arts, in mining, and manufacturing, and commerce, but she has ten 
times the field of Pennsylvania in iron and coal, and she can have 
mechanics, or miners, or manufacturers, and commerce whenever she 
chooses ; and as I have said often before, every river has its water- 
fall which murmurs the music of her power for machinery. [Ap- 
plause.] 

I thank you (addressing himself to Mr. Cochrane) for the honest 
truth which you have told them this day. As a witness to what I 



OF JAMES MONROE. 159 

have been preaching for twenty years to my constitnents. It is 
time that Virginia was turning her attention to manufactures, me- 
chanics, and commerce, and mining. No country, no State can live 
upon one only of the five cardinal powers of production. She must 
resort to all of the five combined, and she is doing it ; go before you 
leave here, my friends from Isew-York, and look at the iron facto- 
ries that are growing up around this noble scenery. I say that labor 
is not the " mud-sill" of society, and I thank God that the old colo- 
nial aristocracy of Virginia, which despised mechanical and manual 
labor, is nearly run out. I thank God that we are beginning to see 
miners, mechanics, and manufacturers who will help to raise what is 
left of that aristocracy up to the middle grade of respectability. 
[Laughter and applause.] Look at the iron factory here, look at the 
tobacco factory here — that factory which is every day stealing my 
life away with the very «ee<Zs of luxury. (The Governor chews to- 
bacco freely.) But it is worth some five or six millions now ; and if 
you ask me where Virginia is to-day, I will tell you ivhere you are — 
in Warwick & Barksdale's mill-house, that grinds out (I mean all the 
mills) about five hundred thousand barrels of flour per year. [Ap- 
plause.] And, sir, we are reaching our Briarian arms to the big 
bend of the Ohio. We are running a dead straight line of railroad 
from Hampton Roads to the mouth of the Ohio, which lies exactly 
midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Northern lakes. We 
will carry this canal — look at its basin — we will carry it across the 
AUeghanies ; and, Mr. President of the James River and Kanawha 
Canal, (addressing himself to Col. Ellis,) if you and I don't live to 
see it cross the tunnels of the AUeghanies, my children will live to 
see it. I can't say that of yours, as you have got none. [Laughter, 
and cries of "this way," "this way," from the left.] 

Gov. Wise. — The fact is that I am now talked out. I have recent- 
ly recovered from severe illness, and feel, consequently, unable to 
speak at any length. 

Cries of, Go on, go on. 

Gov. Wise. — I would if I could, but I can not. I will now con- 
clude by giving you the following toast : 

Virginia's Guests — ^They must measure Virginia's welcome to them 
by the size and use of her dining-room — the largest flouring mill, 
with the best brand in the world. If there be not bread enough on 
the board below, there are barrels for thousands more in the stores 
above. 

The Governor took his seat amid the most enthusiastic 
applause. 



160 REMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

T. The Seventh Regiment of Xew-York State Militia — The first corps 
of the first city of the first State of the first nation — known always 
to the countrj' — to-day endeared to Virginia. 

Colonel Duryee responded : 

In behalf of the Seventh Regiment he thanked them for the high 
compliment that they had been pleased to pay the National Guard 
on this occasion. It is a source of great pleasure, and gratification 
to the officers and members of the Seventh Regiment, to perform 
their duty in a manner as to merit the approbation of their fellow- 
countrymen. They endeavor to do a duty they owe to their coun- 
try, its constitution, and laws ; in supporting its institutions with 
fidelity and zeal, they ever hope to be animated with true patriotism 
and devotion. 

The kind invitation and reception they had met with this day, 
make them feel they are indeed in the hands of their warm-hearted 
brethren of the South. 

The Xorth and the South here mingle in pleasing fraternity, the 
interchange of friendly and brotherly sentiments obliterates all geo- 
graphical line?, all sectional differences are removed, and from this 
time forward, may the massive columns of the friends of the Union 
gather strength and unity, in support of the laws, to the exalted dig- 
nity and glory of our country. 

Members of the National Guard, wo are this day the recipients of 
the unbounded hospitality of the Tirginia Volunteers. I therefore 
propose the Virginia Volunteers — their hearty reception and gener- 
ous hospitality makes this an occ-asion never to be forgotten. 

James Lyons rose after the tumult had subsided, and 
proposed nine cheers for the Xational Guard and three 
more for their gallant commander. The call was heartily 
responded to. 

The following regular toasts were then read, the read- 
ing being interrupted several times by calls for Mayor 
Mayo, Col. Seldeu, and others. 

8. The City of Xcw-York and the City of Richmond — ^They vie 
with each other in honoring the memory of a patriot whose light 
" far off shone" even in the daijs of patriotism. 

9. The Army of the United States. A winter campaign in the 
Rocky Mountains hp.s shown that they have an "Alexander" who may 



OF JAMES MONROE. 161 

be "great," and a " Cooke" who cnn keep his course 'mid storms as 
violent as those of tlie deep. 

10. The Navy of tlie United States. They only await the order, 
to pluck the " Buzzard," and navigate the "Styx." 

11. January 8, 1815. The day that Americans taught Peninsular 
heroes that others, besides the British soldier, understood the push of 
the bayonet. 

12. The Volunteers of the United States. The country fears no- 
thing from their numbers, but expects every thing of their fidelity 
and courage. 

13. Woman. The joy and torment of man's life — the Alpha and 
Omega of his existence — the mnin-spring of all his actions — the 
tyratit from whom there is no appeal, whose slightest caprice is law, 
whose subjects are slaves, yet whose thraldom we all desire to last 
forever. 

The reading of the toasts being finished, the company 
dispersed, and the scene became one of great activity in 
preparation for leaving, and was followed by the solemn 
stilhiess which prevailed after the miUtary had left. 

CLOSE OF THE DAY. 

The festivities in tlie dining-room having terminated, 
the companies resinned their arms, and the National 
Guard soon after formed into line on Twelfth street. As 
the Virginia military marched by the line, their guests pre- 
sented arms. They tlien formed into column by compa- 
nies, and Avere escorted up Main to Ninth street, and up 
Ninth to Capitol Square. The entire column then 
marched around the Monument and saluted the statue of 
Washington. 

After spending a short time on the Square, the New- 
Yorkers were escorted to their quai-tors — the Ballard 
House, the St. Charles, and the Powhatan— and dismissed. 
There was no parade at night, but many of the soldiers en- 
deavored to make the time of the visitors pass pleasantly, 
by bestowing on them such attentions as lay within their 
power. The Artillery fired the usual evening salute, on 
Capitol Square. 



162 EKMOVAL OF THE KKMATXS 

AT NIGHT. 

The Capitol Square was the centre of attraction, Avh ere 
thousands of jiersons assembled to inhale the pure air, 
and to spend a pleasant hour. By eight o'clock groups of 
ladies with their attendants were to be seen moving from 
every direction towards the Square, so that before nine 
o'clock the various avenues on the west side of the Capi- 
tol presented one living mass of human beings, surging 
to and fro as if moved by other than human i:»ower. 
The committee appointed to decorate these grounds for 
the occasion, had strung hundreds of Chinese lamps, 
made of colored paper, along the walks and upon the 
trees and Southern portico of the Capitol, the variegated 
lights from Avhich, reflecting upon the parties sitting iipon 
the grass, benches, and steps of the monument and State 
House, gave to the whole scene a most picturesque and 
fairy-like appearance. Added to this, the Armory band 
discoursed delightful music for a short time, which served 
to increase the animation of the scene. As a further 
attraction, transparent arches, Avith suitable devices, were 
thrown over the various gateways leading into the square. 
We present a copy of them. 

Over the gate leadmg into Twelfth street and Frank- 
lin, were the following words : 

" The Mount Vernon Association. Yirginians, open your henrts 
and your purses." 

Over Eleventh and Bank street gate : 

" A sister bears the reraains to a sister's bosom. It touches the 
heart." 

Over Tenth and Bank street gate : 

" James Monroe. He controlled millions, and died poor. This is 
virtue." 

Over Ninth and Bank street gate : 

"Citizen soldiers — the only standing armj' required in a Re- 
public." 



OF JAMES MOXROE. 163 

Over Ninth and Franklin street gate : 

" Virginia Presidents — let their bones repose in her soil until they 
rise in immortality." 

Over Ninth and Grace street gate : 

" Fourth of July and Jefferson — Immortal by his efforts, it gave 
him immortality." 

Over Ninth and Capitol street gate : 

"The wisdom and valor of Virginia, wrought into immortal 
bronze by the genius of New- York." 

Over the gate fronting the City Hall : 

" The Empire State and the Old Dominion — united by the asso- 
ciations of the past, and the bonds of enduring affection." 

This arch "was handsomely festooned with red, white, 
and blue, upon which Avere stars and wreaths of ever- 
green, with small flags waving above it. 

Over the east gate, leading to Capitol street : 

" The Fourth will never be forgotten by the Seventh." 

Over the gate leading from the square into the Gover- 
nor's yard : 

" The Governors of Virginia — the guardians of her rights — the 
defenders of her honor." 

The upholstery of this arch was on red, white, and 
blue, handsomely decorated with stars and wreaths of 
evergreens, and small flags, and when lighted up was 
quite attractive. 

The visitors to the Square seemed highly gratified at 
the simple yet attractive decorations prepared by the 
Committee, and many of them regretted that the even- 
ing for enjoyment was so soon ended. 



164 KEMOYAL or THE KEMAINS 



SCENES AJ(D I]s^CIDENTS. 

Ill honor of the trebly mteresting occasion of the day 
— the national anniversary, the reception of the remains, 
and the entertainment of the Seventh Regiment — Capitol 
Square in the evening presented the appearance of a vast 
Carnival scene. The equestrian statue of Washington, 
the Governor's mansion, and the entire grounds were 
illuminated with fifteen hundred red, white, and blue 
lanterns, presenting a most brilliant coup d'oeil. At the 
gate leading to the Governor's mansion, was an arched 
ti-ansparency in red, white, and blue muslin, trimmed 
with laurel. 

Durino- the evening, a national salute of one gun for 
each State was fired. The crowd was dense until a late 
hour, and many ladies promenaded without their hats, 
ffivino- the scene much the semblance of one of our New- 
York German festivals in Virginia's best style. 

The Seventh, determined to see all that was to be seen 
in town, and after the Square was nearly deserted, many 
of them provided themselves with the lanterns, and pur- 
sued their explorations, in companies of from five to fif- 
teen, through the quiet city, admiring the cleanness and 
regularity of the streets, the public buildings, etc. 

SERENADE TO THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR. 

Shortly after midnight, Xoll's National Guard Band 
was, with some difficulty, collected, and a goodly com- 
pany proceeded to serenade the Governor with some of 
their choicest operatic selections. The Governor, and 
fiimily and guests, including some of the delegation of 
New-York Virginians, and lion. John Cochrane, appear- 
ed and acknowledged the compliment. The same cour- 
tesv was extended to Mavor Mavo, who was somewhat 



OK JAMES MOXUOK. 165 

taken by surprise, but addressed his ^■isitors in an excel- 
lent extemporaneous speech, awarding the highest praise 
to the Seventh Regiment, and hoping that the courtesies 
between New- York and Virginia Avould never cease. 

The New-Yorkers were somewhat wearied Avith the 
tedious voyage, the arduous march, and the pressing hos- 
pitality of their hosts ; but arose on Tuesday morning 
much refreshed by their rest. The following order was 
issued by Col. Dui-yee on Tuesday morning : 

Sevextii Regiment, National Guard, N.Y.S.M., 
Exchange Hotel, July 6, 1S58. 
This Regiment is hereby ordered to parade this afternoon, at two 
o'clock precisely, in full uniform, white trowsers, on Capitol Square. 

By order of Col. Duryee. 

Smith, Acting Adjutant. 

Nearly prompt to the appointed time, the different 
companies marched from their respective quarters to the 
grounds on Capitol Square, where the Richmond military 
were drawn up to receive them. It had been arranged 
that they should be reviewed by Governor Wise, and the 
Richmond brethren in arms kindly consented to act as 
guard in clearing the requisite space for the evolutions. 
All was at length in readiness, and after sundry counter- 
marching, deploying, etc., the different companies fell 
into line lacing the north-east, and back to the Capitol in 
the main path. At the word, " To the rear, open order, 
m;irch," the rear line moved as one man back, and a fine 
quickstep being played by the band, the Governor was 
escorted briskly through the lines. Col, Duryee then 
exercised the entire Regiment, without music, in varioiis 
battalion movements, including Hardee's flanks, the 
" right about face," and others, which elicited the warm- 
est commendation from the citizens who witnessed them. 
There was a lai'ge crowd of spectators in the park, and 
not a few ladies, and the utmost praise was awarded to 
the proficiency of the men in marching and drill. 



166 KKJIOVAL OF THE KEilAlXS 

RICHMOND CHAEACTERISTICS. 

Though the Virginians extended every attention to 
the guests, the Seventh were strangers in a strange land, 
and were not unfrequently puzzled and astonished. The 
darkies were particularly noticed, both for their numbers 
and their decorous behavior. They exhibited the utmost 
alacrity in getting out of the path of all white people, and 
laughed and joked as if they were the happiest people in 
the world. Then the money bothered the Guards 
some, and the disbursing of small change was amusing. 
When "nine-pence" was asked for a mint-julep, it was 
thought very cheap, until on giving a good American 
quarter only ten cents was given in change. Then four- 
pence was sixpence, and a Spanish quarter only ninepence, 
•while the shopkeeper loftily disdained to hand back any 
change under five cents. It Avas found, however, that 
the rule would work both Avays, and that ten cents Avas 
just as good for a mint-julep as the best half of a quarter. 

The excellence of the quarters provided for the Regi- 
ment Avas a subject of general congratulation. The best 
hotels in the place — Ballard's, the St. Charles, the Pow- 
hatan, and others — Avere croAvded. Colonel Duryee and 
staff Avere quartered at Ballard's, an immense hotel, on 
the corner of Franklin and Fourteenth streets, connected 
with the Exchange, on the opposite side of the street, by 
a bridge — both houses being capable of accommodating 
eight hundred persons, and of holding fully twelve hun- 
dred. 

The Virginians were assiduous in escorting the guests 
to all parts of the city and suburbs, which the limited 
time Avould allow, and fairly fatigued the New-Yorkers 
Avith attentions. 

THE DEATH OF COUNCILMAN JUDSON. 

Intelligence being received at Richmond of the death 
of Councilman Judson, of New- York, the following reso- 



OF JAMES MO^JROK. 16V 

lutions were unanimously adojited by the Committee of 
the New-York Common Council on the Monroe obse- 
quies : 

Whei-eas, in the prosecution of our oflBcial duties at Richmond, in 
the State of Virginia, we, a Committee of the Common Council of 
the City of New- York, charged with the transmission to his native 
State of the remains of James Monroe, have been notified of the de- 
cease of our late associate, Councilman William W. Judson ; there- 
fore, 

Resolved, That we here appropriate from our active employment, 
a brief moment for the expression of our high consideration of the 
virtues of our departed brother, and our true sympathy with his 
family in their bereavement. 

Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by the Chairman and 
Secretary of the Committee, and a copy thereof be sent to the widow 

of the deceased. 

T. "W. Adams, Chairman. 
S. A. BuxcE, Secretary. 

A FRATERNAL MEETING. 

It being understood that the Seventh would be obliged 
to leave Richmond on the evening of Tuesdav, a social 
glass was prepared, to which the officers of the guests 
and military of Richmond were invited. After consider- 
able social enjoyment, the health of the Seventh Regiment 
was proposed by one of the Richmond officers. Col. Dur- 
yee being absent, Lieut.-Col. Leffei"ts responded. He said : 

Many, many thanks, brother soldiers of Virginia, for your frank 
and cordial greeting — thanks for your ready and warm-hearted 
response to the toast of the Seventh Regiment. You have taken 
myself, and members of my Regiment, again by surprise ; but I be- 
lieve it to be no disgrace, under such circumstances, to acknowledge 
both the surprise and defeat. You have been the more quiet, that 
our surprise and defeat would be more complete, while you extended 
a soldier's hospitality — Virginia's welcome. "Words fail me to ex- 
press adequately the satisfixction of the Seventh Regiment with their 
visit. Since I have had the honor to belong to the corps, I have 
never known them to enjoy a similar excursion so much as this. We 
have, for sevei-al years, looked forward to a visit South, but, until 
now, the occasion for an appropriate expression of the fraternal feel- 



168 KEMOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

ings of New- York for Virginia, had not presented itself. In the 
present we have had the honor of bearing to your soil the remains 
of one of Virginia's most noble sons. 

Twice, I am proud to say, the National Guard have stood within 
the shadow of Bunker Hill ; upon the last occasion to do honor to 
the memory of that distinguished patriot, Maj.-Gen. Joseph Warren, 
in raising to his fame a statue, by the hands and love of Massa- 
chusetts. It was fitting for a soldier who loves his country and his 
God, to bend his steps also southward, bearing within his arms an 
offering, for another sister State. And we have performed the sacred 
trust, brothers of Virginia, and laid the bones of one of the great 
and noble sons of your State within its borders. We leave your hos- 
pitable and generous city for the grave of Washington — there to seek 
the inspiration of that glorious spirit which, by love, fidelity, cour- 
age, secures the homage of the millions yet unborn. Happy Vir- 
ginia, were your history naught but the record of his life, it would 
have been sufficient, that you, of all others of this mighty confede- 
ration, gave him birth. 

Pardon me for taking up more than my share of time, but I have 
felt at a loss how we could express our thanks, how we may recipro- 
cate the splendid entertainments you have given us. Yesterday, in 
yonder noble halls, the tables groaned with the weight of your gen- 
erous offerings. Men for the first time met — and met as friends. To 
quiet the noise was impossible, even had I had the heart to do so. 
You alone were to bio me, for you at once made our men feel that 
they were at home, and happy in the Old Dominion. They are now 
incompetent to discharge the debt of gratitude. They can never re- 
turn the hospitality. (A National Guard: "That's so." Cheers.) 
Yesterday I was to have replied to a regular toast, " The Volun- 
teers," etc., but was prevented. Let me saj-, in conclusion, that we 
are all engaged in a volunteer cause, a volunteer union. (Cheers.) 
The very spirit of our Institutions rests upon the voluntary offerings 
of each and every individual upon the altar of freedom. As to our 
Volunteer Militia, no comment of mine is needed. The hill-sides and 
valleys of Virginia are familiar with the tramp of the men of the 
Revolution. They have gilded the pages of our history by their acts 
of fortitude, courage, and virtue. The militia of to- day stand ready 
to emulate their example. (Cheers.) National Guard: I give you, 
our friends, the "First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers." (Re- 
ceived with applause.) 

Colonel Carey of Richmond, responded, and said they 



OF JAMES MONKOE, TOO 

had received tlie IsTational Guards of New- York as bro- 
ther soldiers. They had attempted to treat them as 
brothers, because they had always stood with the law and 
order party of the Union. They knew that the Rich- 
mond A'olunteers would never forget the Xational Guards. 
(Cheers.) He entirely dissented from the Lieut.-Colonel, 
that the New-Yorkers could not properly reciprocate 
their hospitality, because he knew that, from his own 
knowledge of the corps, which had become an element 
in the history of the country, that they were able to do 
well any thing they undertook, and always their duty. 
(Cheers.) He gave, in conclusion : " The Seventh Regi- 
ment of the New- York State Militia — the National 
Guard, the first corps, of the first city, of the first State, 
of the first nation — always known to the country, and to- 
day endeared to Virginia." (Prolonged cheenng.) 

Col. Carey also proposed the "Army of the United 
States," and called upon Major Anderson to respond, but 
that gentleman had sloped. 

Major Wra. Mumford, of Richmond, was now loudly 
called upon to sj^eak, Avho said that he was in no condi- 
tion, after a ten days' visit to New- York, a sea-voyage, 
with no sleep and no rest, to make a speech. He re- 
counted the civilities which had been extended to him at 
New- York, and expressed the highest appreciation of her 
hospitality, and complimented the National Guards. In 
conclusion he gave : " New-York and Virginia — they 
meet together at the foot." Other sjieeches and toasts 
followed from members of both corps, and the fraternal 
congratulations Avere kept up until it Avas necessary for 
the New-Yorkers to " fall in." The Richmonders es- 
corted their guests to the Glen Cove, en route for the 
steamer Ericsson bound for Washington, Mount Vernon, 
and Baltimore. 



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170 KKMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 



DEPAKTUEE OP THE GUARD. 

At about half-past six o'clock Tuesday evening, tlie Na- 
tional Guard assembled on the Capitol Square, and being 
formed into line, was reviewed by the Governor and his 
aids ; after which they went through a number of exer- 
cises, displaying that exquisite accuracy of movement 
Avhich had excited the unbounded admiration of the citi- 
zens. The evolutions were applauded by cheers and 
clapping of hands by the delighted multitude j^resent. 
Tliese concluded, Col. Duryee took a parting of hands 
with Gov. Wise and others, both officers and gentlemen 
present. The Colonel called out nine cheers for Virginia, 
Avhich were given with great enthusiasm by the Guards. 
Lieut.-Col. Cary, commandmg the First Regiment, gave 
the cue for reciprocating the compliment, and some 
dozen or more of very hearty cheers were given by the 
Richmond Vohmteers, most lustily backed by the croAvd 
of spectators. The New- York soldiers followed with 
cheers for Gov. Wise, which were poured out at the top 
of their voices. This lively scene was added to by two 
national airs from the band of the Seventh Regiment. 

The order for marching was then given, and the New- 
York Regiment filed off", escorted hy the First Regiment, 
and took up the line of march for Rocketts, where they 
were to embark for home. As they left the Square, fire- 
works were let off from near the monument. In the route 
down Main street, the Guard were cheered by those as- 
sembled on the sidewalks and crowding the windows. 
Tliey marched with the same steady quick-step that they 
had preserved during the morning drill. The Aveather 
was highly favorable, but they had had two days of sharp 
exercise, and their bright appearance and elastic step last 
evening, showed that they have that indispensable quality 
of the soldier — capacity to boar fatigue. 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 171 

At difterent points in the line of marcli fire-works were 
let off. 

The bright blazes of these explosives and combustibles, 
throwing a purple light on tlie troops, had a beautiful 
and striking effect. On arriving at the wharf, cheer 
after cheer was sent up by the Kichraond military and 
the spectators. The Guard embarked on the Glen Cove, 
which was chartered by the citizens to take them back 
to the Ericsson, As the steamer left the wharf, the Ar- 
tillery fired a parting salute, which was continued until 
she was out of sight. The departing guests returned it 
by cheers and waving of hats and handkercliiefs. Mayor 
Mayo was on board Avith them, and accompanied them 
to ]\Iount Vernon. 



The National Guard in Kichmond— their Movements and De- 
parture— Efifect of the Visit of this Gallant Regiment to the City- 
Virginia Volunteers— their admiration of the National Guard, 
etc., etc. 

Richmond, July 7, 1858. 
The contrast which the city j^resents to-day in its dull, 
monotonous aspect, to yesterday and the day before, 
when all was animation and joy, is extremely marked. 
To-day in truth does it wear the aspect of mourning, 
though not decked in its habiliments as upon Monday. 
Then there was but the superficial symbol of that condi- 
tion — there being nothing in the mere tinsel of the cere- 
monial of Monroe's obsequies to beget sorrow ; but in the 
sudden transition from the gay and enchanting scenes and 
joyous inspiration of the past two days to the prevailing 
dullness of to-day, there is an influence that tends mate- 
rially to beget sorrow and melancholy. All this is the 
result of the pleasing associations and incidents which 
marked the stay of the National Guard among us, and 
the agreeable recollections of these events, which served 



172 KEAIOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

by contrast to render the prevailing monotony almost 
unendui'able. 

Many aptly apply the term "mourning" to the feel- 
ings of our people since the departure of the National 
Guard, for their regrets actually assume that character. 
Never have Ave witnessed so Avarm and sincere an at- 
tachment as that Avhicli seemed to animate the citizens 
with reference to that gallant corps. It Avas precisely 
such as AA'Ould be supposed to exist on the j^art of one 
brother toAvards another, and, as Avas natural imder such 
circumstance, their feelings of sorroAV at separation were 
in the same ratio. As soldiers, they Avere admired be- 
yond conception ; as gentlemen, they commanded the 
esteem and respect of every one ; AAdiile in their social 
intercourse, they rendered themselves objects of loA'e and 
esteem. So intense was the admiration of them, that 
during yesterday they Avere sought out and carried in 
squads by many of the citizens to their private residences, 
that they might there in an especial manner be honored 
by substantial evidences of esteem and admiration. When 
they Avent into stores to purchase any articles necessary 
for immediate use, payment was refused, and many of 
them Avere heard to remark that, though tAvo days in 
Richmond, they Avere unable to spend as much as a ten- 
cent piece. I know the fact, that Avhen on Monday night, 
a few members of the Regiment went to bathe in the 
river, they were followed by a group of our citizens Avith 
a vicAV to j)reserve them from accident. In short, so in- 
tense Avere the feelings of attachment and gratitude 
AAdiich their gentlemanly deportment and patriotic service 
produced, that every citizen of Riclmiond Avould have 
readily risked his life in their behalf. 

Preparatory to their departure, the proprietor of the 
Exchange Hotel and Ballard House, John P. Ballard, 
Esq., entertained them in one of the spacious rooms of 
that establishment to a farewell di-ink. The scene was a 



OF JAMES MONROE. ITS 

pleasing one. The interchange of kindly feeling between 
the members of the gallant Seventh and many of the 
leading citizens Avho were present, betokened a warmth 
of gratitude, friendship, and appreciation on both sides, 
which it were well that citizens of both sections would 
more frequently cultivate. No event of a political cha- 
racter, no intercourse even of a commercial nature, how- 
ever intimate, could have dra^vn together in such happy 
union these members of the tAvo sections, or rather of 
Xew-York and Virginia, or could tend so much to pro- 
duce agreeable results in the future, as will the associa- 
tions and intercourses of the past two days between the 
citizens of the two States. So strong was the desire on the 
part of the people of Richmond to honor that gallant corps, 
that many of them suspended business even on yesterday 
to have a feeble opportunity of doing so. 

At halt-past six o'clock P.M. on the 6th, the companies 
formed in front of the Exchange Hotel, and after giving 
nine cheers for Mr. Ballard, the proprietor, and a short 
speech from Mr. Ballard, they repaired to the Capitol 
square, and then formed into line in front of the Gover- 
nor's mansion. The First R-egiraent of Virginia Volun- 
teers of this city were on the ground to escort them, 
formins: a line of a convenient distance from the National 
Guard to prevent the large crowd present from infringnig 
on their parade-ground. The Guard having formed in 
double file, the Governor, accompanied by the Mayor of 
the city, members of the City Council, the Hon. John 
Cochrane, and other members of the Escort Committee 
from New- York, passed in review in front of each line of 
the doable file, the beautiful band which accompanied 
the Regiment meanwhile playmg the "Star-Spangled 
Banner." They then took their stand immediately in 
front of the. line, to witness the drill and parade, in both 
of which they seemed to take the greatest delight. 
Many present who witnessed similar displays by English 



174 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

troops in Hyde Park, iii London, and elsewhere, actually 
conceded to the National Guard a superiority over all. 
The " order arms" indicated of itself a perfection in 
drill that would have done honor to any military corps 
of any nation on earth. The sound was almost a unit — 
it was like the grounding of a single musket. This move- 
ment was invariably followed by the clapping of hands 
and loud cheers from the immense multitude all round. 

At the close of the drill, Colonel Duryee called for nine 
cheers for Virginia, which the gallant fellows gave with 
an enthusiasm which betokened the warmth of their 
gratitude and appreciation at the reception which they 
had met with in Virginia. 

Governor Wise then addressed them in a few brief re- 
marks. 

At half-past seven o'clock the Regiment took up the 
line of march for the boat at the wharf at Rocketts, pre- 
ceded by our Volunteer Regiment. On their way through 
Main street they were warmly cheered by the immense 
crowds that lined the street on both sides. United 
States flags were hoisted at diflerent points along the 
line of march as upon their entering on Monday ; and 
rockets were sent up in quick succession, forming an arch 
of vivid fire over their heads. In short, they were met 
at every point along the route with every mark of appre- 
ciation, every token of gratitude that the citizens could 
confer. 

Arriving at the wharf, they entered the steamer Glen 
Cove, chartered by the City Council to take them from 
the Ericsson to this city and back, and about ten o'clock 
P.M. took their final farewell of their escort, civil and 
military, whereupon the steamer moved ofl:' amid the 
roaring of cannon from the Richmond artillery. 

It were well, indeed, that such visits, such interchanges 
of friendly feelings more frequently passed between the 
citizens of i)oth sections of the Union. The salutary in- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 175 

fluence of ilie happy intercourse of the past two days 
Avill not die out in a year or a lifetime. There are inci- 
dents and associations connected with this visit which 
will never be forgotten by either those wlio made it or 
those who have been honored by it. With the people 
of Virginia the honored memories of the Fourth of July 
will be still more enhanced by reason of the joyous and 
pleasing associations of the anniversary just celebrated ; 
and with every recurrence of the day will come to eveiy 
Virginia mind grateful recollections of the events which 
liave just closed. Happy, indeed, that it is so ; and still 
liappier for the country would it be if these sentiments 
were more general. 

Our Virginia Volunteers seemed entranced in admira- 
tion at the grand spectacle Avhich they had the good for- 
tune to enjoy in the drill and parade of the gallant Na- 
tional Guard. 

ATTENTION SHOA^N THE REGIMENT AT RICHMOND. 

The unbounded and continuous hospitality of the Old 
Dominion could hardly allow the New-Yorkers time to 
rest ; and from the first moment of their arrival they 
were feted and treated and greeted in every imaginable 
manner denoting fraternal feeling. As for sleep or quiet, 
they were not in the programme. The whole town 
seemed to be turned into a vast festive hall, and Avhen- 
ever the uniform of the Seventh made its appearance, it 
was the signal for a cordial welcome, such as Virginia 
alone could extend. The New-Yorkers were fairly taken 
by storm, and fathomless seemed the reservoir of good 
feeling in the hearts of the Virginians. The only com- 
plaint was of an excess of attention. But time was press- 
ing, and other engagements compelled the termination 
of the pleasantest visit ever enjoyed by the Seventh 
Regiment. 

Just previous to starting, a few on board the Glen 



176 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Cove noticed a little tow-boat and barge passing down 
the river, but thought it was only some freighting expe- 
dition, and grumbled lest they should get in the middle 
of the channel. The surprise of all on board may be 
imagined when the Glen Cove was hailed by this barge 
a few miles down the river, and the Company asked to 
come on board to take a parting drink with the Rich- 
mond Grays, Lieutenant Boissieux, who had contrived 
this " boarding outrage" as the climax of their kindness. 
The Glen Cove was soon hitched to the Old Dominion, 
for that was the appropriate name of the barge, and the 
two companies Avere soon socially engaged on all parts 
of the boat. This last evidence of good feeling fairly 
overcame the New-Yorkers, and they vowed, in language 
more strong and expressive than is usually used in divine 
service, that they never did see " such a reception" given 
to any body any where. Nor could they stop even here, 
for after the last man had taken the last diink and shook 
hands for the last time, and the cheering had at last been 
finished, and, as was supposed by many, the Virginians 
had been finally bid adieu, it was found that they had 
determined to be represented and had insisted upon 
sending Mayor Mayo and Maj. William Mumford to see 
the guests safe at Washington and Mount Vernon. The 
New-Yorkers now gave up in despair, and acknowledged 
that though they had heard of Virginia hospitality, they 
could have formed no idea of it as it really existed to this 
l)Oundless extent. 

ENGAGEMENT ON JAMES HIVEE. 

We heard a good deal yesterday in regard to an oc- 
currence on James River the night before, but do not 
apprehend that any diplomacy Avill be called for to assist 
and maintain the doctrine that the American flag jjrotects 
the vessel sailing under it. Our readers have already 
been apprised that the Richmond Grays chartered the 



OF JAMES MONROE. 17Y 

steamer Old Dominion, and quietly dropped down the 
river on Tuesday night, in advance of the Kew-York 
National Guard. It appears that the Old Dominion, 
when some thirty miles below, lay to and awaited the 
steamer Glen Cove, Avhich soon hove in sight, with the 
visiting Regiment on board. When she got Avithin hail- 
ing distance, the Grays fired two or three volleys across 
her bow, and ordered her to heave to. The command 
was promptly obeyed. The Old Dominion then ran 
alongside, and the boats were lashed together. When 
the New-Yorkers saw the Richmond Company, they 
were filled with amazement, having had no previous 
warning that such a manoeuvre had been executed, and 
were utterly at a loss to comprehend how the Grays 
managed to slip away and get down the river ahead of 
them. The Grays at once gave them to understand that 
they desired an " engagement" on the water, having had 
several on land ; and without farther parley, the " Sev- 
enth" assented to the request. 

In a short time the decks of the Old Dominion exhib- 
ited a scene of excitement almost unj^recedented. Cham- 
pagne bottles kept up a succession of sharp reports, and 
a variety of fluids and solids were introduced by the 
Grays to render their victory certain. The National 
Guard, of course, knocked under, and for an hour or two, 
all was hilarity among the soldiers of the North and 
South. The Mayor of Richmond, who was present, in- 
sisted that the Old Dominion should cut loose and carry 
the " Seventh" back to the capital ; but Col. Duryee 
contrived a counterplot, and not only succeeded in with- 
drawing his own men, but carried the Mayor Avith them. 

The last greetings were heartily given, cordial wishes 
of future happiness expressed on both sides, and about 
twelve o'clock the boats parted company. The Grays 
fired three volleys at parting, the " Seventh" responded 
with cheers, the Glen Cove ]iursued her way down the 



1*78 PtEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

river, and the Old Dominion returucd with the o-allant 
Grays (who mustered fifty-one on this occasion) to Ricli- 
mond. 



The National Guard en route for "Washington— The Beason why 
Gov. Wise could not accompany the Guard— The Regiment ex- 
pected to have had the honor of his Company to Mount Vernon, 
he having received a cordial invitation to that effect. 

The following- letter of the Governor to Col. Duryee, 
explams the cause of his inability to accept of the kind 
invitation extended to him : 

Richmond, Va., July 6th, 1858. 
To Col. A. Dukyee, of the Seventh Regiment of New- York : 

Dear Sir: It would give me the most cordial pleasure to be able 
to accompany you and your whole command to the Tomb of Wash- 
ington with mj' whole staff, but I regret that duties as one of the vis- 
itors of the venei'able William and Mary's College, of a character of 
special importance, fixed for the eighth inst., will deprive me of that 
pleasure. Nothing will ever deprive me, sir, of the gratification I 
deeply feel in the visit your glorious regiment has paid to Richmond. 
It has rekindled patriotic and brotherly feelings around the sacred 
tomb of a Revolutionary father, and their warmth will be increased to 
a flame when you have touched the walls of the altar at Mount Ver- 
non. With grateful acknowledgment, and the profoundest respect 
for yojir command, I am very truly yours, Henry A. Wise. 

CAMPING ON A STEAMBOAT. 

The scene on board the Glen Cove after she got fairly 
under way was most amusing. The men had all become 
excessively fatigued with a long sea-voyage, tedious pa- 
rades, and most laborious social enjoyment, and now they 
were, as some graphically expressed it, " jiretty well 
played out." There was a prospect of a five hours' sail 
down to the Ericsson, which lay some distance below 
City Point, and there was hardly standing-room for the 
regiment, after stowing the baggage. A slight collation 
was served in the cabin, to which the men were admitted 
in companies, and then the fun commoucod. Some 



OF JAMES MONROE. 179 

wanted to sleep ; but there was not room enougli on the 
boat for all to lie down at full length, nor seats enough to 
seat all. Those who were so fortunate as to secure a 
resting-place on a cushion or sofa, or even on the carpeted 
floor of the ladies' saloon, hung to them like grim death. 
Picturesque groups lined the cabin below, stretched on 
chairs, tables, sofas, and even the floor, in every possible 
position. They Avere piled amid the baggage, stretched 
along the stacks of guns, in the boats, and wherever 
there was the slightest possibility of getting a moment's 
rest. Those who could get no such place, amused them- 
selves by gathering in a crowd in the after-gangways, 
cheering every body and every thing. They cheered 
the ofiicers, the privates, the reporters, the Vii-ginians, 
the steward, the light burning and the light out. Then 
they sang, as tired soldiers can only smg ; then they 
cheered in whispers for fear of wakhig uj) the sleepers ; 
then they demanded a speech from every passer-by, and 
thus the night passed on the Glen Cove, the men lying 
about loose in every direction with the most perfect 
cibandon. 

At four A.M. on Wednesday the Ericsson was descried 
and soon the bustle of beatmg to quarters, and donnmg 
equipments preparatory to disembarkation, presented a 
busy scene. The Glen Cove was soon cleared, and with- 
out stopping much for ceremony, the boys distributed 
themselves to the localities which they had respectively 
occupied on the passage down, some in state-rooms, others 
on the floor, and more on mattresses on the upper deck. 
That some sound sleeping was done, and that the early 
breakfast was not very extensively patronized, may be 
reasonably believed. 

At about ten o'clock Old Point Comfort, or Fort Mon- 
roe, just at the junction of James River with the Chesa- 
peake in Xorfolk harbor, hove in sight, and it was deter- 
mined to o-ive it a salute. Thirteen guns were fired, the 



180 REMOVAL OP THE REMAINS 

men went to quarters, and the band played some appropri- 
ate airs as the Ericsson passed the Point. The ai^pearancc 
of the men at this time was most strangely in contrast 
with that at the morning or evening review of the day 
previous. Then, as trim and neat as ladies' men — as no 
doubt many of them are — and now in the most charming 
dishabille. Here a dapjoer LiUii^ut fellow, with a stout 
overcoat and thin white pants, there a stout standard- 
bearer with an undress-jacket and gray pants. Others 
varied the costiune in endless ways, by making selections 
from the Avhole uniform — one, in despair of getting any 
thing novel, borrowed a hat and shawl from the cham- 
ber-woman, and furnished a bustle by appropriating a 
pillow. Each man seemed anxious to get into some out- 
of-the-way i^lace, in inverse ratio to his usual desire 
to be in just the exactly right place. The forcastle, fore. 
to]:), maintop, rigging, wheel-houses, braces, guards, boats 
and even the cook's galley-pipe contained men peering 
out at the people on Old Point Comfort. 

About the only drawback was the inefficiency of the 
pilot, who more than once run the vessel aground. The 
cargo was easily shi])ped, however, and the boys took it 
all in good jiart, crying, " Look out for a shipwreck," and 
" Get out your life-preservers." A few miles xiy) the Ches- 
apeake, however, a pilot was signalized from the light- 
ship, and taken on board, to the great relief of all. 

AMUSEMENTS OIvT THE VOTAGE. 

It may be imagined that five hundred New-York boys 
would not be collected on one ship without having some 
sport on the tapis. The resources for amusement were 
unlimited, and the knots of jolly companies collected in 
all parts of the ship presented a most picturesque scene. 
Whist, euchre, draughts, chess, and smoking were the 
most popular. In the afternoon, when the sky was clear, 
with an awning strctchod over the qnni-ter-deck and a 



OF JAMES HONUOE, 181 

cool breeze, the enjoyment was sucli as to satisfy the most 
fastidious. The mattresses were scattered on the deck, 
and the men lounged about in the height of luxuiy. Oc- 
casionally, by way of variety, some of the beds and pil- 
lows would be sent flying about briskly, to the no little 
annoyance of the more quiet. The utmost good nature 
of course prevailed, for each knew that if lie exhibited 
' the slightest disposition to be cross he would soon get the 
worst of it. The more industrious took advanta2:e of the 
leisure to clean up their equipments, while others seemed 
to be glad to seize the opportunity to sleep. Occasion- 
ally the band would give some of their choicest selections, 
and then the boys would get together and have a song, 
perhaps quite as sentimental as the following: 

" So say -we all of us, 
So say we all of us, 
So say we all. 
So say we all." 

Then the decks would be cleared, and with the excel- 
lent music a dance would be started — the ladies distin- 
guishing themselves by turnhig their caps, and generally 
by smoking segars and very long strides. It was pre- 
. sumed that there w'as an ofticer of the day or night, and 
thirty-two men on guard all the time ; but their duties 
were by no means fatiguing. The guard-house was held 
up in terror to all those disposed to be extra noisy, but it 
was necessary to catch the culprit first, and on several 
occasions this proceeding involved a chase up the rigging 
and all over the ship, not always resulting successfully to 
the pursuer, 

A COURT-MARTIAL AT SEA. 

On Wednesday evening the proceedings were varied by 
the summary court-martial of one of the drummers, who 
was arrested and taken before a self-constituted court- 
martial, charged with a most henious offense. A mock 



182 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

judge and jury were cliosen, and one of the guard was 
selected to act as public prosecutor, while Mayor Mayo, 
of Richmond, good-naturedly consented to defend the 
accused. Evidence was not wanting on both sides, and 
what with badgering the witnesses, abusing the Court, 
technical objections, law points, contests between counsel, 
and the mock verdict, the scene was much like some of 
the real trials which take place in real courts in New- 
York, with the exception, perhaps, that it was conducted 
with much more ability. 

AGROUND AGAIN. 

At half-past eleven on Wednesday evening, all hands 
were astonished to find that the ship had been brought 
to anchor in the Potomac, the pilot alleging that the chan- 
nel was too narrow to proceed in the night. These fre- 
quent detentions interfered greatly with the arrangements 
by their unexpected consumption of time, and necessi- 
tated the abandonment of part of the contemplated visit. 
The quiet, however, was taken advantage of to procure 
sleep, and in a short time the ship presented a scene of 
somnolence Avorthy the pencil of an artist, for the variety 
of costume and positions of the men. Early Thursday 
morning it was proposed to secure the anchor and pro- 
ceed up to Washington, from there pay a visit to Mount 
Vernon, and thence proceed home. The general chagrin 
may be imagined when it was found just after dayliglit 
that the ship had run aground again. There was no al- 
ternative bvit to keep in good humor, and the boys went 
to work with a will, at the request of Captain Lowber, 
to get the ship off. The small boats were lowered and 
loaded with a heavy anchor attached to a hawser. They 
were rowed a short distance from the ship, and an attempt 
made to drop the anchor, when it went over with a splash 
taking one of the boats down with it stern foremost, and 
tossing the men out as from an upset whale-boat. For- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 183 

tunately no one was injured, and the anchor taking a good 
hold, the men grasped the hawser, the hne extending the 
whole length of the shij), and commenced pulling like old 
salts. The steamer soon began to move slowly, and. by 
keeping the rope moving, each man running back and 
taking hold again when he had reached the bows, the 
ship was washed off the shoal, and the heavy anchor lifted 
by main force out of the Avater. The scene was laugha- 
ble in the extreme, and all sorts of jokes were carried on 
during the operation. Not a few of the men stripped 
and took a bath in the Potomac, the vessel being several 
hours on the rocks. 

The following order was issued on Thursday morning : 



Head-quarteks, Seventh Regiment, N". Y. 1 
Troop Ship ERicsso>f, >- 

Potomac River, July 8, 1858— Ti A.M. ) 
The Regiment •will parade on the arrival of the small steamer, in 
full uniform, white trowsers, knapsacks, with gray trowers, fatigue- 
caps, and jackets packed therein, to proceed to Washington city. 
By order, A. DimyEE, Colonel. 

Smith, Acting Adjutant. 

As the ship was yet aground, some surprise was man- 
ifested ; but it was soon made known that a propeller had 
come alongside and taken off the Quarter-master and his 
assistants, for the j^urpose of going to Washington and 
chartering a steamer. Various efforts were made to get 
the ship off the rock in the mean time. 

couet.]m:aiit.ialik"g the pilot. 

Though the indignation at the incompetency of the pilot 
was universal, it manifested itself good naturedly, and it 
was determined, by Avay of vent for this feeling, as well 
as for the amusement of the Company, to try the delin- 
quent by a court-martial. The court was constituted as 
follows : 



ISi REMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

Supreme Court — Steamer Ericsson. 

Befoi'e Judge Wm. Ilalsted. 

July 8, 1858. 

The people against John Doe, the pilot of the Ericsson, for running 
the boat ashore. Mayor Mayo, of Eichmond, for the prosecution, 
and Messrs. Charles Babeock and F. W. King, for the defense. 

The court was held on the quarter-deck, the judge being seated on 
the ■wheel-house, with a black coat on, turned back foremost, with 
Col, Duryee's eye-glasses. One of the Guard officiated as policeman, 
to keep the crowd in order, and Messrs. E. Jenkins and J. W. Shep- 
pard acted as court-clerks. The prisoner was excused from attend- 
ance on account of pressing duties. Some person was found tam- 
pering with the jury, and it was proposed to call out the Seventh 
Eegiment to preserve order. One of the jurors objected to serve, as 
he had formed an opinion, but he was pressed in the service. An- 
other juror was discovered taking a bribe, but the court held that 
the offense was too common to disqualify him. 

The jury were then sworn to "tell the truth, so help them Bob," 
but on the suggestion of the court that they were not to testify, they 
were sworn to hear, if they could. 

Mayor Mayo then opened the case for the prosecution, stating 
briefly the accusation, that the pilot had put the ship on a rock in- 
stead of Washington harbor, and that he had willfully, falsely, and 
fraudulently represented himself to be a pilot. He recommended 
the confiscation of the pilot's boat, and that he be tied to the end of 
a line to serve as a sounding-lead. 

Corporal Ware was the first witness, and swore he did not know 
any thing about the case ; and on cross-examination expressed his 
doubts as to whether he was on the Ericsson or not. 

Mr. Brumly was the next witness, and testified that he heard the 
pilot tell the captain that he knew the channel, and could take the 
ship up. His evidence was, however, objected to on account of his 
head being shaved, and also because he acknowledged having been 
fed on ham. 

Mr. King opened the case for the prosecution, and moved to dis- 
miss the indictment, on the ground that the ofl'ense was not a crimi- 
nal one, but was the subject of a civil suit; also that there was no 
evidence that the ship had been run on the bar, or that the pilot 
would not have kept the bargain if they had given him time. 

Sergeant Dyer and Col. Lefferts were then examined as to their 
knowledge of the case, but nothing material was elicited except the 



OF JAilES MOXROE. 185 

fact that the officers, as well as the men, had been fed on ham, which 
was considered a strong point for the defense. 

Sergeant Jenkins testified that the cook was responsible for the 
mishap, the ship having run on a lager-bier bar while he was feeding 
the dog. lie had been fed on pilot biscuit, and felt capable of speak- 
ing as to all marine matters. 

Mayor Mayo and Mr. Babcock summed up respectively for the 
prosecution and defense, making some very strong points. After 
which Judge Halstead delivered a charge, which was universally 
applauded for the perspicuity of its legal knowledge. 

The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation 
to mercy, in consideration of which one of the privates was sen- 
tenced instead of the pilot, because he had no coat. The sentence 
was, that he should wait until a collection could be taken up to get 
him a new coat. 

PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION" AT "WASH- 
INGTON". 

The city was in a fever of excitemont all day yester- 
day in anticipation of the arrival of the popular Seventh 
Reo-iment of New-York. There was little else talked 
about at breakfast, and -we feel confident that half the city 
had prepared themselves for a military display far supe- 
rior to any thing witnessed in the metroiDolitan city. 

At an early hour the District Regiment of volunteers, 
under the command of Colonel Hickey and his staff, 
marched to the Arsenal — the point at which the recep- 
tion was to take place. As usual, they were accompanied 
by a regiment in variegated uniforms, flir exceeding them 
in numbers, and j^ossessed of an energy and perseverance, 
under all the untoward circumstances by which they 
were surrounded, Avhich assured us the expected guests 
would receive from them, at least, an enthusiastic recep- 
tion. But, alas ! at the Arsenal gate they discovered 
another and an unforeseen obstacle to their entrance 
to the Arsenal grounds besides the patched and crum- 
bling Penitentiary building, for the gate was closed to 
th9m, and the sentinel on dutv informed them that 



186 EEMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

his orders were to admit none but the Volunteers. 
But there was a remedy which some of them took ad- 
vantage of, for we perceived their singular dress and 
broken columns scattered all over the grounds so soon as 
we had passed the point of difficulty. We found, on inqui- 
ry, that this consisted simply in a scramble over a portion of 
the brick wall, a feat which was easily accomplished, since 
they were unencumbered with that essential part of the 
equii^ment of effective soldiers — the musket. The com- 
pany, however, was not a large one, and upon the whole 
was quite as select as the jiromenade concerts at the Cap- 
itol grounds. 

The military remained under arms but a few moments 
after entering the cool shade of the Arsenal grounds. Col. 
Hickey having considerately given orders for them to 
break ranks. Groups of officers and men were immedi- 
ately formed, and the time was spent in pleasant and 
amusing gossip, interrupted occasionally by an anxious 
gaze far down the Potomac. 

We ascertained, upon inquiry, that the Light Iniantry, 
Lieutenant Tucker in command, mustered twenty-three 
men ; the Highlanders, Captain Watt, twelve men ; the 
Union Guards, Lieutenant Donnelly in command, twenty 
men ; the Montgomery Guards, Lieutenant Kelcher in 
command, twenty-six men ; the President's Mounted 
Guard, Lieutenant Teel in command, sixteen men ; the 
German Yeagers, Lieutenant Veitze in command, twen- 
ty-two men ; a detachment of United States Marines, in 
command of Sergeant-Major Robinson and Lieutenant 
Wilson, numbering forty-three men, and the superb Ma- 
rine band. The regimental officers on the ground con- 
sisted of. Colonel Hickey, Lieutenant-Colonel Bacon, Ma- 
jor Peck, Adjutant Henry N". Ober, and others. A corps 
of ordnance was also in attendance, and the battery used 
by Colonel Duncan in the Mexican war was placed on the 
river-bank ready for the tiring of the salute. 



OF JAJEES MONROE. 187 

Tills was certainly not a very formidable array, but 
"vvbat it lacked in numbers it made up in public spirit. It 
was a source of no little annoyance, not only to the offi- 
cers but the men, that so small a portion of the regiment 
had responded to the call of Colonel Hickey. 

As time wore on, and the hour for dinner approached, 
the general disappointment found vent in words, and 
many a sturdy fellow, who had started out strong in en- 
durance, acknowledged himself foint and hungry. At 
last the reveille beat, the men were formed in line, and 
refreshments were served up to them. This consisted of 
two biscuits, a piece of cheese, a Scotch herring, and a 
glass of water to each man. To the comfortable dinners 
in Washington this bill of fare no doubt will apjiear in- 
significant, but we must remind them that they were far 
from home on military duty, and had to put up with what 
could be got for them. As for ourself, we gratefully par- 
took of a "horse-cake " and a glass of " lager." 

After the arrival of the mail-boat from Aquia creek, 
every body felt certain that definite information would be 
obtained, and in a moment a hundred rumors were afloat. 
At last the reveille again summoned the tired men to their 
jiosts, the line was once more formed, and the tired sol- 
diers marched to their homes. "VVe then learned that 
Quarter-master Winchester, of the New- York Regiment, 
had come up in the boat, and that the gallant Seventh 
could not possibly arrive before a late hour to-night. It 
Is said that the Ericsson is aground at Kettle Bottom. 
The Collyer is already with her, and we understand that 
another steamer left last evening to join them. The Regi- 
ment Avill be brought to the city in these steamers, and 
when they arrive, will be quietly conducted, to the quar- 
ters prepared for them at the National Hotel. The offi- 
cers of the District Regiment will call upon them this 
morning at nine o'clock. 

Arraufrements have been made bv a Committee of our 



188 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

citizens for meeting the Seventh Regiment at Mount Ver- 
non, and escorting tbeni in a f)ro2:)er manner to this city. 
A steamer will leave the wharf at the foot of Sixth street 
for this purpose at seven o'clock this morning. Upon 
their arrival here they will be received with military ho- 
nors by the military of the District, and conducted to the 
quarters prepared for them. After a brief rest, there 
will be a dress parade, and it is expected that the Presi- 
dent of the United States will review this finely-drilled 
Company. We give place to the following letter from 
one of the visitors, which has just been handed to us : 

Steamer Mount Vernon, July Y, 1858. 

Among the guests who accompanied the remains of President 
Monroe that came by the Mount Vernon to-day, and will remain at 
the National during their stay, we liave tlie Hon. John Cochrane, the 
orator of the day ; Mr. S. L. Gouverneur ; Ahlermen, Messrs. Adams, 
Murray, Tuomey, Lynes and Owens ; Councihnen, Messrs. Cornell, 
Bickford, Van Tyne, Bunco, and Frazer ; Mr. Gallagher, sergeant-at- 
arms, and Mr. "Wilson, undertaker. Mr. Robinson, President of the 
Richmond Railroad, kindly sent the steamer Thomas Collyer for the 
delegation to Mount Vernon, where Mi\ Washington received us 
with distinguished attention, giving us many interesting details con- 
nected with the life of Gen. Washington, and extending the kind 
hospitalities of the mansion to us. Captain Reynolds, of the Mount 
Vernon, gave a fine dinner, contributing to the pleasure of our trip, 
and rendering the hours passed with him one of the most agreeable 
incidents on the route. The steamer Ericsson will arrive at Wash- 
ington in the morning with the Seventh Regiment. After sojourning 
at Mount Vernon an hour or so, they will honor Washington with a 
visit, then to Baltimore and home. They have met with the distin- 
guished reception which they so richly deserve, being the best- 
drilled corps in our country. 



OF JAJIKS MO^KOE. 189 

Disembarkation from the Ericsson— Going on board the Steam- 
boat Mount Vernon— Reachijag Washington— Regimental order 
—Review of the Regiment by the President and Cabinet— Visit 
to the Tomb of Washington— Description of Mount Vernon— 
Ceremonies at the Tomb— Address of the Rev. Dr. AVeston, the 
Chaplain— Memento of Mount Vernon— More Hospitality— Pur- 
suit of Pleasure under Difficulties— March through Baltimore- 
Reception in Philadelphia— En route for Home. 

" It is a Ions' lane that has no turnino:," and aftei* Ivino- 
for tweh'c hours stranded in the Kettle Bottoms of the 
Potomac, those on board the Ericsson were overjoyed on 
Thursday afternoon to descry a small steamer bearing 
down upon them, which proved to be the Thomas Collyer, 
an old Xew-York boat, commanded by Capt. Baker, and 
containing a l^arty of gentlemen from Washington, who, 
not finding the Ericsson at the appointed rendezvous, had 
run down to meet her. She conveyed the intelligence 
that Quarter-master Winchester had secured the steamer 
Mount Vernon to take the Regiment up ; and in order to 
expedite movements, Mr, Richard Wallach, the o^nier, 
kindly consented to take up three companies on the 
Collyer. These were accordingly embarked, and quar- 
tered at the National. The Mount Yernon reached the 
Ericsson, and was ready to start by twelve o'clock P.M. 
of the same evening, which she finally did, after making 
an ineffectual attempt to get the Ericsson off, landing the 
balance of the Regiment in Washington on Friday morn- 
ing, the 9th July. It was found that the Ericsson was 
stranded on an oyster-reef, and hanging just forward of 
midshij:), her bow being several feet out of water at low 
tide. 

The detention was a source of great annoyance to the 
citizens and military of Washington, who had made com- 
paratively extensive preparations for the reception — the 
Light Infantry, Lieutenant Tucker; Highlanders, Capt. 
Watt ; Union Guards, Lieutenant Donelly ; Montgomery 
Guard, Lieutenant Kelcher ; President's Mounted Guard, 
Lieutenant Teel ; German Yeagers, Lieutenant Yeitze, 



190 EEllOV'AL OF THE REMAINS 

and a detachment of United States Marines, under Ser- 
geant-Major Robinson, Tlie*following were regimental 
officers : 

Colonel Hickey, Lieut.-Colonel Bacon, 

Major Peck, Adj. Henry N. Ober. 

Though the whole force numbered but one hundred and 
seventy men, it evinced a disposition to be hospitable, 
and certainly the most general disappointment Avas mani- 
fested at the non-appearance of the New-Yorkers, and 
the necessity for disbanding the forces on the receipt of 
the intelligence from the Ericsson. 

As soon as the Seventh had washed the dust from their 
eyes and throats, a general rush was made for the New- 
York i^apers, and none of the New-York guests stopping 
at the hotels were released until they disgorged all the 
newspapers in their j^ossession, being the first that had 
been seen by the Regiment since the 3d of July. A noti- 
fication was sent to President Buchanan that the Regi- 
ment wished to be reviewed by him, and he immediately 
sent verbal reply that he would be not only wilUng but 
happy to review the Seventh, and would consider himself 
honored by the visit. Arrangements were accordingly 
made for the parade, and the following order was issued : 

Head-quakters Seventh Regiment, ) 
Washington, July 9, 1858. \ 

The Regiment will parade this day for review by his Excellency 
the President of the United States, in full uniform, white pants, 
without knapsacks. Regimental line will be formed in front of tlie 
City Hall at eleven o'clock A.M. The companies will report to the 
Adjutant in front of the National Hotel, at a quarter before eleven 
o'clock, for equalization. This Regiment will also parade this day in 
fall uniform, white trowsers, without knapsacks, with the side arms 
only, for the purpose of visiting Mount Vernon. Regimental line 
will be formed in front of the National Hotel, at half-past two 
o'clock. By order, A. Duryee, Colonel. 

Lebenau, Adjutant. 



OF JAMES MONIIOE. 191 

The members of the Seventh were thus released be- 
tween breakfast-time and the hour of parade, for the pur- 
pose of visiting the interesting points in the city, of which 
opportunity they availed themselves to the fullest extent. 
Some explored the Capitol grounds and buildings, ram- 
bling through the labyrinthian passages of the new exten- 
sions, peering into the offices, occupying the members 
and speaker's seats in the new House of Representatives, 
admiring some of the paintings in the rotunda, criticising 
the frescoes and ornamentation of the ncAV buildings, 
climbing to the top of the cupola, (to the great strain of 
their calves,) inspecting the massive construction of the 
new dome, and behaving altogether like good republicans 
very much at liome. A few strolled into the Patent, 
Treasury, Interior, State, and other departments, taking 
a peep at the Cabinet. Many found their way to the 
office of the Master of the Rolls, W. W. E. Rose, an old 
New-Yorker, who politely exhibited the various objects 
of interest in his department. Among these were the 
original draft of the Declaration of Independence, the en- 
grossed copy of the Constitution, the papers found in the 
possession of Andre, the proceedings of the court-mar- 
tial, and his touching letter praying that he might not die 
upon the gibbet ; the minutes of the Constitutional Con- 
vention, and various other objects of intense interest to 
the scholar and patriot, or historian. Not a few called 
upon Gen. Cass, and found him as pleasant and sociable 
as he has the universal credit of being, rendered, proba- 
bly, additionaUy interestmg from the favorable termina- 
tion of the great British outrage question. Gen. Cass 
looked hale and hearty enough- to give many more re- 
buffi^ to British aggressions. 

The uniforms of the Seventh could be distinguished hi 
all parts of the city. On foot or in carriages they Avere 
determined to make the most of their few hours' leisure : 
and they did so most effectually. To be sure they were 



192 KEMOVAi OF THE REMAINS 

not very partial to the swarms of flics, or the clouds of 
dust, or the loug walks which it required to get from one 
point of interest to another ; but by dint of perseverance 
and mint-juleps, they did a great deal of exploration in a 
very short time. 

In the midst of the general enjo}iiient, a general sad- 
ness prevailed, when it was announced that the body of 
a member of the National Guard had been found floatino: 
in the river at Richmond ; then another dispatch was re- 
ceived, stating that the name of the member was Laui-ens 
Hamilton, of the Sixth Company ; and another stating 
that the remains would be taken to New-York for inter- 
ment, escorted by a Richmond company, Mr. Hamilton 
had been missed after leaA'ing Richmond, but it Avas sup- 
posed that in the hurry he had been left behind. He 
had been brought on board sick, but had so far recovered 
as to be able to walk about. He may have become de- 
ranged, and walked overboard, or been pushed off" in the 
bustle. He Avas a grandson of Alexander Hamilton, a 
second cousin of Hon. John Cochrane, and Avas a great 
favorite in his Company. He was a graduate of Columbia 
College. 

THE REVIEW BY THE PBESIDENT AND CABINET. 

The announcement that the regimental line would be 
formed in front of the City Hall, drew an immense con- 
course of spectators at that point, to witness the forma- 
tion of the line — a novel spectacle for the citizens of 
Washington. In spite of the broiling sun, the City Hall 
steps, the sideAvalks, and surrounding buildings Avere 
croAvded with spectators, Avhile the avenues thither 
swarmed with the citizens eager to obtain a A'icAA' of the 
visitors. As the companies marched to the ground from 
their A'arious quarters, they Avere uniA'ersally admired. 
Though the Washington military ditl not parade, OAving 
to the fatigue of the previous day, and the micertainty of 



OF JAilEts MONEOE. 193 

the arrival of the guests, they were represented by the 
ou];)t;uns of the diiferent companies, and Colonel Hickey, 
Lieut.-Coloncl Bacon, Major Peck, and other regimental 
ofiicers. The line was soon formed, and after a few ex- 
ercises of the manual, which drew applause from the usu- 
ally quiet Washingtonians, the line of march was taken 
up for the President's mansion, via Pennsylvania avenue. 
The crowd was dense, and in some cases interfered 
with the movements of the Regiment ; hut as the curi- 
osity was complimentary, and the Washington police 
could not he ex2:)ected to have much experience in such 
matters, the inconvenience had to he borne patiently. It 
being midday, the heat Avas almost insufferable, and 
when the men arrived in front of the President's man- 
sion, they seemed ready to drop. The absence of any 
police arrangements rendered it necessary to mount a 
guard from their own number, however unpleasant might 
be the duty. The line was soon prej^ared for review, and 
after the Washington officers had taken a position in 
front, on the sidewalk, a general stir announced that the 
President was coming, and soon he was seen headinir the 
Cabinet and invited guests of distinction Avith stately 
step, making his way to the point fronting the centre of 
the line, assigned liim for the review. He was the picture 
of a democratic President, and Avas attired in a pair of 
thin light-blue pants, Avhite vest, black frock-coat, light 
cravat, and black beaver hat. As he took up his position, 
the order to " present arms " Avas given, and the Presi- 
sident AA'as received with the honors due his position, 
being three rolls of the drum, and flourishes of trumpets, 
the Colonel and other officers saluting. The Regiment 
was then arrayed " to the rear open order," and the Pre- 
sident passed down and up the line on a tour of inspec- 
tion, accompanied by the Secretaries of State, Treasury, 
War, Navy, and Interior, the Postmaster-General, and 
Attorney General, military officers of the State, Mayor 
9 



194 REMOVAL OF THE RJiAIAI^-^ 

Towuseud, Acting Adjutant-General, Gen. Ward B. Bur- 
nett, and others. The National Guard band played 
" Hail to the Chief" during the route, so that the Presi- 
dent made the circuit in quick time. His stately form, 
at the head of the company, as he stepped accurately to 
the music as a veteran soldier, could be easily distinguish- 
ed. He was oflered an umbrella to shield him from the 
sun, but, like a true soldier, he declined. The column 
was formed by companies, twenty-two front, on the re- 
turn of the inspection party, and passed in review at com- 
mon time, returning four abreast, and repassing by com- 
panies at quick time. When Colonel Duryee gave the 
order, " Battalion — halt !" the promptness with which 
the order was obeyed, elicited a general hum of astonish- 
ment, and, as at the order " front," the line became as 
straight as a die, the applause increased to the cheering 
point ; but, as at the order " order arms," the millets S 
came down with one thump, a general amazement was 
evinced, which, in numerous instances near the writer, 
manifested itself by muttered exclamations between the 
set teeth, often profane, but always expressive. JMuch 
amusement Avas created, as at the order to " right about 
face — march," the whole line scattered the crowd between 
them and the fence, and pressed many close to the rail- 
ings mitil the moment of the order to " halt." It was 
generally considered but a fair balance to the incommo- 
dious arrangements for the review, or the absence of any 
arrangements, on account of which the most ragged re- 
publicans flocked in large numbers to the vicinity of the 
President and other distinguished guests. At the con- 
clusion of the review, the men stacked their arms, and, 
accompanied by their officers, marched into the celebrated 
East Room of the White House, where President Bu- 
chanan had expressed his willingness to receive them. The 
officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, were first 
introduced by name by Colonel Duryee, after which the 



OF JAAIJiS MOXKOE. 195 

men passed up in file, each shaking hands with the Presi- 
dent without introduction. The President made no spe- 
cial remark, but his cordial grasp and pleasant counte- 
nance denoted the gratification which he felt at meeting 
the members of the " Seventh," Avhose excellent appear- 
ance and drill he had repeatedly praised to their officers. 
He, however, did make one general remark of note, 
when the first privates came up. He said : " Gentlemen, 
I am glad to see you. I was nothing but one of the rank 
and file myself when I was in the service." 

On being hitroduced to the actmg Chaplain of the 
Regiment, Mr. Weston, the President said : " I did not 
think there was any necessity for a chaplain to keep order 
in this Regiment." After all had been received, the 
President spent some moments in social conversation with 
the officers, and soon retired, on the plea of ill-health. 
After taking a superficial view of the White House, the 
guests left, and the Regiment soon formed and marched 
to their quarters for supper. 

VISIT TO THE TOMB OF "WASHINGTON. 

Mr. Richard Wallach, of the Washington and Alexan- 
dria Steamship Company, kindly tendered to the Regi- 
ment the use of two boats, the Thomas Collyer and 
Mount Vernon, to convey the Regiment to Moimt Ver- 
non, which was gratefully accepted. 

Colonel Duryee, having become slightly ill by hard 
duty, the command, on this occasion, devolved upon 
Lieut.-Colonel Marshall Lefferts, who ordered the men to 
be ready to parade in full uniform, with the side arms 
only, for the occasion. The fatigue had been so great, 
and the weather was so extremely warm, that numbers 
of the Guard were unable to walk in the ranks, but went 
in fatigue-dress in conveyances to the boats. The Mount 
Vernon, Captain Reynolds, left Washington at a quarter 
to six P.M., and the Thomas Collyer left Alexandria 



196 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

shortly after her. The kite hour of starting was a matter 
of general regret, but the delays were considered un- 
avoidable, and it was calculated that the visit would be 
over by daylight. The distance is about twenty miles, 
and in a little over an hour and a half, the company was 
landed on the wharf at Mount Vernon — the smaller 
steamer, on account of the shoal water, being obliged to 
take off the passengers of the other. 

DESCRIPTION" OF MOUNT VERNON". 

Mount Vernon is situated on the southern bank of the 
Potomac, about twenty miles below Washington, nearly 
opposite Fort Washington, an old fortification Avhich was 
blown up during the war of 1812, on the approach of the 
British fleet. 

The casual observer would hardly notice the spot in 
passing on the river, as the luxuriant foliage and thick 
forest trees nearly obscured the house from vision. The 
boat lauded at a dilapidated wharf, jutting about tliirty 
feet into the stream, and seeming ready to fall at every 
step when crowded. There are two paths leading to the 
tomb. The older one is much washed away by the rains, 
and is not the most direct route, being more in the path 
to the house. The other is a plank walk, loosened by age 
and frequent use, leading directly from the landing up 
the hill to the tomb, through thick foliage, and alongside 
a little ravine. The tomb is on a little hill facing the 
river, and but about a hundred yards from the bank, the 
same ridge extending some distance either way. On the 
left of the walk, as you approach the tomb, stands a 
small Avooden building, which you are hiformed is for the 
use of the daguerreotypist, Avho alone is allowed to take 
pictures here ; further up, on each side of the tomb, are 
marble shafts, erected to other members of the Wash- 
ington family, whose remains are likewise deposited in 
the vault. The immediate locality of the tomb presents 



OF JAMES MONKOK. 197 

a raucli-neglected appearance — the grass and foliage be- 
ing much damaged by tlie many visitors. Tlie tomb 
itself is on the side of the hill, built of plain brick, about 
fifteen feet high by twenty wide. The marble sarcoplia- 
gus which contains the remains of Washhigton can be 
plainly seen through the large double-barred iron gates, 
and at its side, that of his wife. The ceilings and walls 
of the interior are soiled, by the water soaking through, 
and the plastering is falling off in many places. The dust 
covers tlie sarcoi)hagus, so that the epitaph can hardly 
be read, and the following inscription over the doors is 
all that would denote, to the casual observer, the location 
of the tomb of the Father of his Country : 

"Withia this inclosure rest the remains 

of 

General Gkorue Washington. 

A stone panel over the door bears the following in- 
scription : 

I am the resurrection and the life. lie that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live. 

This vault was erected in 1831, just thirty-two years 
after Washington's death, and on the spot designated in 
his Avill, at the " foot of what is commonly called the 
vineyard inclosure." The old vault near by, wliich was 
then abandoned, is now but bare ruined walls, into which 
the visitor may enter. The new vault is about twelve 
feet high, arched over the top, and the brick walls are 
faced with free stone. The sarcophagus is cut from solid 
Pennsylvania marble, and is eight feet long, three wide, 
and two high, and rests on a plinth, which projects about 
four inches from the base. The top is of Italian mar- 
ble, and bears, sculptured in bold relief, the arms and 
insignia of the United States, with the following insci-ii> 
tion near the foot : 

WASIIIXGTOX. 



198 removaTj of the remains 

The body of Martha, the wife of Washington, lies in a 
sarcophagus of a similar form, and is on the left of the 
vault, as YOU face the entrance, both being ])]ain1y visible 
through the iron gate. At the back-wall, two iron doors 
are seen, which lead to the vaults hi which are deposited 
other members of the family. The walls of the vault are 
somewhat cracked. The grass in the vicinity is growing 
wild, and there were evidences that cows had recently 
pastured in the immediate vicinity, so that, Avhether from 
a desire to leave the place without molestation from the 
sacredness of its character or not, it bears a semblance of 
neglect which at first strikes the eye unfovorably. 

"Winding along a deep ravine, the same path growing 
apparently more dilapidated as it continues, leads up a 
steep hill about a hundred yards farther on, and requir- 
ing the visitor to step carefully, lest he fall down the 
steep. Ascending a flight of steps, the route leads past 
the old ice-house, where notices are posted, warning 
visitors from despoiling the grounds. Another steep 
ascent brings the visitor to the beautiful lawn in front of 
the mansion of Washington, facing the river. Its am- 
ple dimensions strike you at once, and you picture in 
your mind the home of the Virginia planter, built with an 
eye ever wakeful to the demands of hospitality. A row 
of heavy wooden Corinthian columns fronts the house, 
and helps to sujiport the overshadowing roof; the lawn is 
clean shaven, and, glistening through the tree-tops, the 
Potomac may be seen, either up or down the liver. As 
you enter the hall, the furniture which belonged to 
Washington maybe seen arranged at the side. There is 
liis venerated arm-chair, Avith a leaf upon which he wrote, 
and the sitting-room chairs and tables. But the crowd 
luirries you on hastily through the two small rooms which 
alone are thrown open to the public, and you have but a 
glimpse of the pictures which were his, the furniture 
which he prized. You dare not even imagine that there 



OF JAMES MONROE. 1 UU 

is an article which is not rendered sacred by tlie touch of 
his hand, and you woukl fain tarry to indulge in the re- 
verie which tliis consecrated spot must force upon every 
thoughtful man. But, as upon the occasion of the visit 
of the National Guard, you have no time to linger ; you 
continue the route, and pass out of the back-door, on 
which there is an ancient brass-knocker. From the back- 
stoop, the out-buildings may be seen, ranging on either 
side, and connected with the main building by hall-ways. 
They are the residences of the negro slaves employed on 
the plantation, and are said to be in the same state as 
when he left them. All the buildings seem to be in a 
good state of preservation. The mansion looks strong 
enough to last a century to come. This is Mount Vernon 
as it appeared to the writer in the hurried visit of but a 
few moments on the occasion of the visit of the Seventh 
Regiment, National Guard, on Friday, the 9th July. 

CEREMONIES AT MOUNT VERNON— THE NATIONAL 
GUARD AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON. 

As the Guard passed up the walk, each uncovered his 
head, and gazed upon the tomb in silence as he passed. 
Some stooped reverentially, and plucked blades of grass 
or wild flowers,, or little pebbles or bits of loose plastei'- 
ing, as mementoes of the sjjot hallowed to the citizens of 
America. When each had taken a passing view, the 
company formed in a semi-circle about the tonib, the 
officers and citizens being nearest, and after an imj^ressire 
silence the stillness was broken by the Mayor of Richmond. 

Mayor Mayo, in a voice husky with emotion, said he 
had not expected to address them. He had been born 
in Virginia, and yet for the first time in his life he stood 
before the tomb of the Father of his Country, The occa- 
sion was sixch that he could say nothing to them. They 
were now upon ground that was sacred and hallowed. 
It was the common ground of every American citizen. 



200 REMOVAL OF THE EEMAIXS 

It was no lougei* property ; it could not be property ; it 
was national. It became all American citizens to come 
there as to the American Mecca. All who loved free- 
dom, and wished to worship at the shrine of liberty, 
should come there. He could not address them fuilher, 
but would scive wav to another, who he knew would 
speak in more fitting terms than he possibly could. 

Rev. Dr. Weston, the temporary chaplain of the Regi- 
ment, then came forward and spoke as follows, in a clear 
and sonorous vet affectinoj tone : 

S'atioxal Gcaeds : I have been requested by yoar respected oflB- 
cers to offer up a prayer here at this altar of patriotism, but, before 
I do so, I propose to preface it -with a very few remarks. This has 
been rendered unnecessary by the touching and eloquent appeal of 
my friend who has just preceded me. It was well said, it was touch- 
ingly said, by some one, that Heaven left Washington childless that 
a nation might call him Father. TVe from Xew-York come here 
to-day to offer to his memory our filial homage, and I know there is 
not a heart present that wUl not beat with the true accent and spirit 
of prayer. 

We shall be better for this. We shall go home better soldiers, 
better citizens, better Christians, for he whose ashes slumber there, 
was our exemplar in all these great things — a pati-iot incorruptible, 
nor kings nor worlds could warp his steadfast mind. A soldier, as 
some one has said : " Liberty alone unsheathed his sword, necessity 
alone stained it, and victory alone returned it." 

In respectful deference we stand here alone to-day, and a voice 
seems to come from out the sky like that which awed the trembling 
Hebrew when he stood before the burning bush : " Put oft' thy shoes 
from off thy feet, the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."' 
Not only do we assemble here, but centuries after we shall have 
gone and our ashes shall have mingled with the dust, the sons of 
American freemen will come from the shores of the Atlantic and the 
murmuring Pacific, from woody Maine and flowery Florida, as 
patriots to offer up their prayers upon this consecrated altar. Men 
who have met in anger, and in the excitement of political contests, 
will remember here that they are brothers, and that the groat man 
who sleeps there knew no Mason <fe DLxon's line, no North nor South, 
nor East nor West, but his great heart embraced the whole country. 
He belonsred. indeed, to liumanitv and to liberty every where. Not 



OF JAMES MONROE. 201 

only will millions of Americans come here to our Mecca, but Ihey 
will come from distant lands. The down-trodden upon whose neck 
the heel of the tyrant has been set — they will come here too — and 
from those distant lands, when their liberties are being cloven down, 
and hope is well-nigh gone, there will come up a voice and prayer 
for another Washington to lead them on to victory and to freedom. 
God grant that the great example that great man has left to human 
liberty will not be lost, and that when the time shall come for that 
final contest between liberty and despotism, there may be future 
Washingtons to cheek men from dishonor and lead them on to uni- 
versal liberty. 

The reverend geutleraiin closed with an appropriate 
j^rayer, and after a lingering glance at the tomb, the 
company separated, and took the rente to the mansion. 
Mr. John A. \Yashington, a nephew of the illnstrions dead, 
the present owner of the estate, was on the ground, 
and was introduced to the jirincipal personages present. 
Under his guidance, those who had not preceded, took 
the route to the house of Washington, and hastily ob- 
served the prominent objects of interest. Mr. Washing- 
ton's slaves could be seen standing about, and not a few 
sold canes and other mementoes to the visitors. 

The steamboats Avere soon resumed, the whole visit 
having occupied about an hour, and terminating just as 
the shades of nio-ht were falUno:, The hotels were reached 
shortly after ten, and after necessaiy refreshment, the 
men retired to prepare for the early departure of the 
morning, which had been fixed for 5 A,]M., on the 10th, 

A MEMENTO OF MOUNT VERNON. 

Mr, J. Crutchett, proprietor of a factory for the man- 
ufacture of mementoes of the neighborhood of Mount 
Vernon, notified Col. Duryee, through Col. Hickey, that 
each member of the Seventh would be presented by him 
with some article commemorative of the resting-place of 
the immortal Washington. 

9* 



202 RK>rOVAL OF THK REMAINS 

MORE HOSPITALITY. 

On inquiring at Brown's Hotel, at Wasliiiigton, for tlie 
bm against the Regiment, tlie following letter was re- 
ceived : 

Brown's Hotel, Washington, July 9, 1858. 
Gentlemen: We regret exceedingly that we were not informed 
earlier of your intentions to take quarters with us during your short 
sojourn here. We are happy to inform you that we have no charge 
or bill against you, and hope that some future day you will again 
visit AVashington, when we shall be better prepared to receive you. 
Respectfully, your obedient servants, 

P. & M. Brown. 

Col. Duryee also received the following : 

Wasoington City, Jul}- 9, 1858. 

My Dear Sir: Sudden and severe indisposition, from which I am 
gradually recovering, alone prevented my tendering a personal wel- 
come to you and your associates in arms ; and I had hoped, up to 
the present moment, to be able to carry out this wish ; but my phy- 
sician has placed me under injunctions not to leave my house. 

I deeply regret this circumstance on every account ; but it shall 
not prevent an expression of my feelings on this interesting occasion, 
rendered doubly interesting from the patriotic errand which brought 
you to this region of our Union. 

I am sure the citizens and soldiers of the federal metropolis will 
rejoice to meet you in their city ; and in their name, as well as for 
mj'self individually, I offer to you and to those under your command 
a hearty welcome to Washington. 

Allow me to add my best wishes for a pleasant and safe return to 
your homes. 

I am. Colonel, with high regard, yours truly, 

James G. Berret. 
Col. Abram Duryee, Commanding Seventh Regiment of New-York. 

BEAU HICKMAN". 

Of course the famous Beau Hickman, the gentleman 
so noted for being well dressed and never working — who 
is always so anxious to show you the city and borrow a 
half, was on hand on this occasion, and succeeded not 
unfrequently in doing his victim out of a " half or a quar- 



OF JAMKS MONROE. 20:5 

ter," by the most jiersistent eucourageincnt of a desire 
to get rid of him, which can not easily be done. He 
never moA^es on nnder — " a half or a quarter.'" 

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 

Though large bodies are reputed to move slowly, the 
Regiment liad risen, breakflisted, and reached the depot 
within fifteen minutes after the appointed time, or about 
a quarter past five o'clock. There were eighteen cars, 
and but one old-fashioned engine to start them. Xow, 
five hundred men, with their arms and accoutrements, 
and one hundred other men, with the baggage and cars, 
require some little force to move them. But it Avas found 
that the engineer had overrated his power and could not 
budge the train an inch without getting up more steam, 
which kept the train back so long that, on account of 
their being but a single track, two hours more were lost 
waiting for an express train to pass. The boys, however, 
had become too much accustomed to delay to feel at all 
angry, and immediately set to Avork pitching quoits and 
playing duck. Perhaps some city folks don't know hoAv 
to play duck. It is done in this Avay : Some body must first 
be " It," and proA'ide a big stone, liaA'ing on it a smaller 
stone, Avhich is called his " duck." The others fire stones, 
called their " ducks," at his " duck," and if they knock 
it ofi", all can go home provided they are not caught by 
" It," after he has put his " duck " on. If " It " has his 
" duck " on and catches another man away from " taw " 
going home or to " taAV " with his " duck," he " tags " or 
strikes him, and the other has to be " It." It Avill be 
perceived that this is a scientific game, and likewise 
afibrds some opportunity for displaying physical energy. 
The two hours thus passed away almost imperceptibly, 
and after a dreary i-ide of tAVO hours they got into Balti- 
more. 



204 RKJIOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

MAKCn THROUGH BALTIMORE. 

The Seventh was expected in Baltimore at a quarter 
before seven, but did not arrive before a quarter past 
nine. The Light Artillery, Company K, Capt, French, 
stationed at Fort McIIenry, and commanded by Capt. 
French and Lieutenants Gillem and Robinson, and the 
Baltimore City Guard, Capt. Joshua P. Warner, number- 
ing fifty men, were drawn up ready to receive the New- 
Yorkers and escort them to the Philadelphia depot. They 
formed in line on Eutaw street, and the Seventh, after 
forming regimental line a" short distance below, marched 
by, being received with due honors. The Seventh then 
drew up in line after passing the escort, and presented 
arms, and the Baltimoreans repassed them and took the 
right of the line, en route for the depot. The Balti- 
more City Guard uniform was black, trimmed with gilt, 
and bearskin caps. The rank and file wore epaidets of 
gilt, mixed with black. They marched in platoons — twelve 
front — and made a fine appearance. The route taken was 
through Eutaw, Baltimore, and South-High streets, to 
the depot of the Philadelphia cars — a distance certainly 
of over two miles. The men were already jaded with 
the fatigues of the past week, and this march through the 
broihng sun was such torture that many of them were 
oblio-ed to fall out of the i-anks and take to the sidewalk. 
Some flocked around the nearest pumps, or asked at 
private dwellings for a draught of water, and one benev- 
olent groceryman at the corner of Fawn street, seeing 
their condition, fixed up a pail of iced lager and placed 
it at their disposal. Those who stuck to the ranks suf- 
fered terribly, and one poor fellow was sun-struck and 
had to be carried to the train, where, for some time, his 
life was despaired of The pronqjtness with which the 
train left after their arrival, gave them hardly an oppor- 
tunitv to o'ot a drink of water. They would have given 



OF .TAJIKS MOXROE. 205 

nny price for refreshments of any kind. At tlie various 
stations, however, the water-jugs were replenished, and 
finally the whole Company had become somewhat re- 
cruited. Mr. William Roberts, of the Philadelphia, Bal- 
timore, and Washington Railroad, contributed much by 
his arrangements to expedite the trip and make it com- 
fortable. At Havre de Grace an excellent collation was 
spread on the boat, though there was hardly enough to 
satisfy all. 

At Wilmington the Seventh was loudly cheered, and 
greeted with an artillery salute. 

KECEPTIO]Sr AT PHILADELPHIA. 

The Philadelphia National Guard had made extensive 
preparations to receive the Seventh, and were much 
chagrined when they learned that they had not time to 
stop. In spite of the lateness of the hour they stood their 
ground, and as the train came up greeted the Seventh 
with loud cheers. Lieutenant- Colonel Wilhelm, of the 
First Brigade, and Captain Lyle, of the Philadelphia Na- 
tional Guard, waited upon Colonel Duryee in the cars, 
and pressed him to stay with his command and partake 
of a collation which had been spread at the new Armory ; 
but Colonel Duryee was inexorable. He said the men 
were too tired, and he would not take them in New- 
Yoi'k on Sunday, but expressed, on behalf of the Regi- 
ment, a grateful appreciation of the kindness intended, 
but impressed the necessity of proceeding at once to 
New-York. Captain Kyle accordingly yielded, and, 
upon invitation, seated his men in the forward cars for 
the purpose of escorting the New-Yorkers to the depot 
for New-York. The Pliiladelj)hia National Guard is a 
fine body of men, numbering one hundred and fifty mus- 
kets. The dress is light drab dress-coats, with brass but- 
tons, and epaulets with pendent acorns, symbolical of 
strength, white pants and bear-skin black hats. They 



206 REMOVAL OF TIIK RKMAIXS 

are a fine body of men physically, and drilled with much 
precision. They courteously accompanied the Seventh 
on board the boat to Camden, Avhere a most social in- 
terchange of feeling took place for the brief period before 
the starting of the train, Avhicli left Camden about halt- 
past seven, and after sundry disagreeable stoppages, ar- 
rived at Amboy at halfpast eleven. The transpoilation 
of baggage occupied some time, and. it was uot until 
halfpast one before the landing at pier No. 1, North 
River, could be descried from the Amboy boat. 

PREPAKATIONS IN NEW-YORK TO RECEIVE THE 
SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

As soon as it became known that the Seventh Regi- 
ment were to return to New-York on Saturday night, 
July 10th, the members of the Seventh remaining in New- 
York, called a meeting for the purpose of attending at 
the pier near the Battery to receive them. 

And the following order was also issued by the respect- 
ive commanders of the two Battalions of the Seventy- 
first Regiment : 

AMERICAN GUARD-SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT. 

Regimeoital Order, No. 8. 

Head-quarters, New- York, July 8, 1858. 

The members of this Regiment are hereby ordered to assemble at 
the Armory, on Saturday afternoon, July 10th, at 5 o'clock, in full 
uniform, white trowsers, for parade, to receive the Seventh Regiment, 
National Guard, on their return from Richmond, Ya. 

The line will be foi-med at 5 o'clock. The band and field-music 
will report to the Adjutant, at the Armory, at 5 o'clock. 

The Field and Staff will report to Colonel, dismounted. 

Members who are not fully uniformed, will report to the Adjutant 
for special duty, in fatigue-dress. 

By order of Col. A. S. Yosburgh. 

A. G. Demarest, Adjutant. 

The line of the Seventy-first Regiment will be formed in Bond 
street, right resting on Broadway 



or JAMES MONROE. 207 

NATIONAL GUARD BATTALION. 

IIeadhquarters New-York, July 9th, 1858. 

In accordance with the resolution passed at tlie meeting held on 
the 6th inst., this Battalion -will parade for the purpose of receiving 
our comrades of the Regiment on their return from Richnioud and 
Mount Vernon. 

The members of the different companies will assemble at their 
respective armories fully uniformed, armed and equipped, white 
pantaloons, without knapsacks, on Saturday, 10th inst., at half-past 
3 o'clock P.M. 

Line will bo formed on Washington Square, right on Wooster 
street, at 4 o'clock P.M. precisely. 

Lieutenant Ilaight with the Troop will report to the Adjutant 
twenty minutes before the formation of the line. 

It is expected that every " National Guard," now in the city, will 
join in giving the Regiment a hearty " welcome home." 

By order of Adj. Wm. A Pond, Commanding Battalion. 

W. E. Vermilye, Adjutant. 

CITY GUAKD— FIFTY-FIFTH EEGIMENT. 

Armory, No. 654 Broadway, New- York, July 9, 1858. 
The members of this command are hereby ordered to assemble at 
the Armory on Saturday, 10th inst., at four o'clock P.M., in full 
company uniform, for the purpose of joining in the escort to the 
Seventh Regiment, National Guard. 

By order, W. 11. Hallick, Commandant. 

J. Edmonds, Jr., Orderly. 

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT AT HOME— MILITARY PA- 
RADE TO RECEIVE AND WELCOME THEM BACK. 

The military paraded in large numbers. The Seventy- 
first Regiment, (which was especially appointed to escort 
the Seventh,) Col. Vosburgh, assembled at the armory, 
Centre street, at five o'clock, and marched to Bond street, 
where the Regiment formed. They mustered two hun- 
dred and seventy-five muskets, and appeared in full uni- 
form, with Avhite pants. The National Guard battalion, 
composed of members of the Seventh who had remained 
in the city, and numbering over two hundred, formed in 
Washington Square at four o'clock, where they Avero 



208 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

shortly after joined by a, company of the City Guard, 
numbering about forty-five men. They then marched 
down Broadway, and at Bond street formed into Hne, 
and proceeded to the Battery in the following order : 

Troop of the Xational GnarJ. 

Band of the Fifty-fifth Eegiment. 

City Guard. 

National Guard escort, numbering two hundred men in platoons — 

fourteen front. 

First Company — Captain Denyke. 

Second Company — Lieut. Harrison, Ex-Lieut. Giffing. 

Third Company — Lieut. Vermilyea, Ex-Lieut. Quackenbush. 

Fourth Company — Ex-Captain Loutrell, Ex-Lieut. Mcllvaine. 

The Seventy-first Regiment, Col. Vosburgh, witli Dodworth's Band, 

marching in platoons. 

The Commandant of the National Guard battalion gave 
the City Guard, Capt. Halleck, the right of the escort. 

As the regiments proceeded do^^^l Broadway the num- 
ber of spectators increased, and the windows, balconies, 
sikewalks, and every available location were quickly filled 
by ladies and gentlemen. The difterent regiments pre- 
sented a fine appearance, and elicited loud and frequent 
manifestations of applause as they passed. Upon filing 
into the Battery the line counter-marched, bringing the 
Seventjr-first Regiment on the right. The troop of the 
Xational Guard took up a position near Castle Garden ; 
and for some time the regiments stood at ease, the bands 
playing enlivening aifs. It was now about eight o'clock, 
and as the Amboy boat had arrived at seven o'clock with- 
out any tidings of the Seventh, the spectators became 
impatient, and several rumors of a contradictory charac- 
ter were quickly circulated — that an accident had hap- 
pened on the line — that the Seventh would not arrive 
imtil the following day — that they intended taking the 
cars from Philadelphia and come by Jersey City. The 
number of si)Gctators h:id greatlv increased, and the 



OF JAMES jrONKOE. 209 

orowtls cheered the regiments repeatedly. It Avas grow- 
ing dark when Colonel Vosbnrgh telegraphed to Borden- 
town to know if the Seventh had passed, and what route 
they had taken. Alter a short delay he received a dis- 
l)atch stating that they would arrive at half-past eleven 
by Jersey City, and he immediately ordered the militaiy 
to stack their guns, and dismissed them for half an hour. 
The Battery jircsented a martial appearance at this time. 
Along the centre walk the arms were stacked, and knots 
of military men could be seen in all directions. The men 
of the Seventy-first and Seventh Regiments adjourned to 
the Washington Hotel and neighboring restaurants, 
where they cordially fraternized for some time, and im- 
bibed numerous kegs of lager, and countless mint-juleps, 
brandy-smashes, etc., etc. There was also a great de- 
mand for edibles and sardines. Cold meats, pies and 
cakes, were quickly disposed of, as the appetites of the 
military gentlemen were somewhat sharpened by the sea- 
breeze. The news that the " soldiers were encamped at 
the Battery" quickl}^ spread, and every moment added 
large numbers to the vast assemblage, among whom were 
hundreds of itinerant dealers in candies, nuts, segars, 
icecreams, who seemed to have deserted their old haunts 
around the Park and City Hall. All sorts of games were 
enacted, and the crowd seemed to enjoy themselves in 
all possible ways. The utmost good humor prevailed, 
and the police, assisted by a special company under 
Captain TurnbuU, that had accompanied the military, 
preserved excellent order. The Washington Hotel was 
crowded and the military continued to fraternize. Songs, 
toasts, and speeches were given among* the privates 
ad UhifAim^ while Colonel Vosburgh, with the staff, and 
other officers, were anxiously waiting in a ])rivate room. 
Shortly before eleven o'clock the drums beat, and the 
regiments got under arms in a creditably short time. 
The spectators had wonderfully increasr^il in numbers, 



210 REMOVAL OF THE REMAIXS 

and there could not have been less than five thousand 
persons present. The Seventy-first Regiment then took 
up the right, the line formed and marched down Broad- 
way and Cortlandt street, to the Jersey ferry, where a 
large number of people were Avaiting their arrival. The 
regiments then counter-marched in Cortlandt street, the 
Seventh Regiment forming in line and the Seventy-first 
on Broadway. Cortlandt street and Broadway presented 
a most animated appearance. The diflerent hotels Avere 
crowded by spectators, and innumerable rockets, Roman 
candles, and torpedoes were fired in succession. Loud 
and enthusiastic cheers for the Regiment Avere called for, 
and heartily responded to ; but as yet no appearance of 
the Seventh, Colonel Vosburgh, Captain Halleck, Lieu- 
tenant Ilaight, and other ofticers, repaired to the Jersey 
House, and anxiously aAvaited the arrivals of the Jersey 
City boats. Numerous rockets A\^ere fired from the 
Jersey shore, which tended to give hope ; but as boat 
after boat arrived Avith no tidings of the gallant Seventh, 
many desi)aired of meeting their comrades that night. 
Dispatches wei-e handed to the Colonels of both Regi- 
ments, all of a diflerent character, until the bcAvildered 
commanders discovered that some gentleman had pro- 
vided himself with a number of blanks from the telegraph 
office, and amused himself by conveying the electrical 
sparks of his imagination to the expectant Regiments, 
and filling up each blank in a different style. After 
nearly an hour's suspense, Brigadier-General Hall, who 
was anxiously aAvaiting the arrival of the cars at the 
Jersey depot, arrived Avith a dispatch stating that the 
Seventh Avould come by boat from Amboy, and Avere 
not expected until after one o'clock. In vain did the 
Colonels endeavor to keep the news a secret — it spread 
rapidly through the ranks ; and as the men were tired, 
fatigued, and Aveary, Avaiting under arms since five 
o'clock — the thermometer up to 95, this communication 



OF JAMES MONROE. 211 

tended to throw a slight damp upon the enthusiasm of 
the men. However, the cheers of the assemblage for the 
Seventh, gave fresh vigor to the Companies, and they 
formed in line immediately, not one man absenting him- 
self The Merchants' and other hotels in Cortlandt street, 
were filled with boarders, who gave the Regiment a 
hearty reception and amused them with some beautiful 
operatic airs whilst they waited. 

After twelve o'clock the line was again formed, and 
marched down to the Battery, still accompanied by 
thousands. The Seventh Regiment and Seventy-first 
Regiment lined Broadway from Trinity Church down to 
the Battery — the National Guard troop taking its posi- 
tion near the church. Broadway down to Pier Xo. 1 
was literally jammed with pedestrians, and presented an 
appearance which few ever before witnessed. Tlie side- 
walks were covered with fatigued and sleepy bodies, 
lying in all directions, whilst the centre of the street was 
filled by the military, whose shining costumes and glisten- 
ing muskets lent a martial appearance to the scene. 
Near the Camden and Amboy dock — Pier No. 1 — the 
scene was one of impatience — hundreds straining their 
eager eyes to catch a glimpse of a light coming up the 
river. Many ludicrous scenes happened during the even- 
ing — once or twice a tug-boat would be mistaken for the 
expected steamer, and as she slowly steamed up the 
North River would receive the spontaneous cheers of 
those on shore. At two o'clock, however, a dim light 
Avas discovered slowly approaching up the bay. Cheers 
from all sides announced that all were confident the 
Seventh were on board. She silently ajiproached, until 
when off Castle Garden several rockets and Roman can- 
dles were fired from the shore. A feeble cheer Avas heard 
in response, and a moment after the air was filled with a 
deafening shout of welcome, which was repeated again 
and again by those up Broadway. The steamer proved 



212 KEMOVAl, OF THE REMAINS 

to be the Transport, of the Amboy hue, and she several 
times acknowledged the entliusiastic cheers by blowing 
her steam-whistle. 

After the lapse of half an hour, about forty of the 
Seventh made their apjiearance outside the dock-gate, 
and were immediately seized by their friends and con- 
gratulated xipon their safe arrival. They looked tired 
and worn out, and seemed to need rest. In a short time 
all was fpiiet, until the gates were thrown open and the 
band of the Regiment emerged playing one of the regi- 
mental marches, accompanied by the members of the 
Regiment. The reception they received was deafening. 
Fire-works were sent i\p from the adjoining stores ; and 
one gentleman, more enthusiastic than the rest, accom- 
panied the Seventh in liis carriage, firing o& Roman can- 
dles in rapid succession, and lustily welcoming the gallant 
Company. The Seventh then proceeded up Broadway, 
the band playing in admirable style, and with great effect, 
" La Figha del Regimento " — the Seventy-first and Sev- 
enth Regiments being drawn up in line, and presenting 
arms. After marching to Trinity Church, they halted in 
close file. The Regiments then passed them on a quick 
march in the following order, each Company saluting the 
Seventh and welcoming them with loud cheers : 

Police. 

Troop of jS"ational Guard. 

Seventy-first Regiment with Drummers and Band. 

Seventh Regiment Escort. 

City Guard. 

The Seventh then fell in and marched up Broadway. 

There was a fine pyrotechnic display at the Michigan 
Railroad otfice, corner of Cortlandt street ; when the Sev- 
enth passed, hundreds of rockets and torpedoes Averc 
fired, and in tlie illumiiuition a large flag could be dis- 



OF JAMES MONEOE. 213 

covered in trout of the office, with the following inscrij)- 
tion : 

WELCOME HOME, 

The Astor House was in a. perfect blaze of light. From 
every window in front, even the bed-rooms, streams of 
fire gushed forth, illuminating the Park and the sur- 
rounding buildings. All descriptions of fire-works were 
called into requisition, and the cheers of the occupants 
of the hotel were enthusiastic. Several gentlemen fired 
revolvers from their rooms, and welcomed the Regiment 
Avith continued cheering. The Park was also crowded, 
and Broadway, up to the guard-room in University Place, 
where the Regiment meet, presented similar scenes. 
When the line reached the guard-room the difterent 
Regiments were dismissed, it being after throe o'clock. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 

Compliments paid to the National Guard, during their Southern 
Tour, in Eichmond, "Washington, etc. ; with Comments regard- 
ing the Favorable Results of their Visit, etc. 

FROM NEW-YORK AND RICHMOND PAPERS. 

The visit of the New-York Seventh Regiment to Rich- 
mond has been the occasion for numerous editorials. 
North and South, on the good resulting from such unions 
of the people of both sections. One of them, containing 
a great deal of truth, and well wn-itten, w£ take from 
the JVew- YorJc Express : 

The North and the South : The Real Feeling. — The reciprocal 
kindness between the citizens of New-York and the citizens of Vir- 
ginia, of which the recent removal of the ashes of the late President 
Monroe has been the occasion, is one of the most agreeable incidents 
of the times. It will do good. It will teach the people of the Nortli 
that Southern gratitude, Southern kindness, and Southern cliivalry. 



21-4 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

are things ■wliieli have an existence beyond buncombe speeches in 
Congress, and editorial essays in nullification journals. On the other 
hand, it will teach onr countrymen of the Old Dominion, and of the 
whole South, that, outside the " scurvj- politician's" circle, the peo- 
ple of New-York, and the people of the North, are animated by a 
patriotic affection and a fraternal regard for them, which recognizes 
no lines of latitude or longitude. Ours is such a vast country — so 
wide in territorial extent — that it is no wonder so many of us are 
strangers to each other — no wonder that the dweller on the Hudson, 
or the Connecticut, or tlie Merrimae, should experience onlj' a con- 
ventional sympathy, and a conventional affection, for his brethren 
on the Chesapeake, the Alabama, or the Gulf. "We need to know 
more of each other. We know a good deal of each other already, 
it is true — ^but the bulk of that knowledge is filtered through the 
medium of abolition and nullification speeches in Congress, and upon 
the stump, or through the murky rays of a partisan newspaper press. 
Book or newspaper knowledge of a remote people, even when de- 
rived from unquestionable authorities, is, at best, but a poor substi- 
tute for one's own personal experience and observation. We live in 
an age of electric telegraphs, which transmit thought and sentiment 
as quick as lightning ; but lightning, if it can annihilate space, can 
not move the feelings like a warm grasp of the hand ; it can not 
stir the nobler impulses of our nature as do words ext^hanged by 
affection, face to face ; nor can it kindle those electric fires which 
light up the eye of friendship, and leave their impression long in the 
future, deep and indelible, superior to all the circumstances of sepa- 
ration and the obliterating operations of time. The real people of 
this countT}' — the masses, we mean — really know but very little of 
one another, and it is unquestionably in this want of familiarity and 
intercourse, that the professional demagogue finds it so easy to ex- 
cite the prejudices of one section against another, in order to pro- 
mote the sinister purpose of a selfish ambition. A stranger coming 
among us, and listening, say, to the declamation of the sectional 
agitators in the Senate, or House of Representatives, to the unkind 
epithets applied by the gentleman from Virginia to the gentleman 
from New-York, and vice versa, might be pardoned the inference that 
the two sovereign States thus represented were all the while at 
swords' points, and could entertain but one sentiment towards each 
other, that of cordial resentment and hate. But if that stranger had 
been in Richmond one day last week — a few hours' journey from the 
Federal Capitol — and beheld the genuine brotherly affection which 
distinguished every thing that took place there, he would naturally 



OF JAMES JUONKOE. 215 

infer that the politieiansat Washington constitute a class of humanity 
■wholly distinct from tlie masses of the citizens at large. He would 
see that we are all friends, not enemies; brothers, not strangers ; one 
people, not twain. He would see — and ourselves may see — that, 
whenever there is opportunity to reach the hearts of the people of 
these opposite sections — as in the case of this visit of our Seventh 
Regiment to Richmond — the individual beating of that heart are all 
for unity, and friendship, and peace, and good will, irrespective of 
geographical lines, or the peculiar local distinctions of different social 
institutions. 

The Union. — Such a celebration as that of the last national anni- 
versary in Richmond, will do more for the cause of union than a 
thousand Fourth-of-July orations. "What more suitable commemo- 
ration of the birth-day of Independence than such fraternization of 
the soldiers and citizens of North and South ? "Wlio would wish to 
see these friendly bayonets arrayed against each other ; these bro- 
therly embraces exchanged for the grapple of mortal liate? Let 
the politicians scheme as they will, the people love each other, and 
will take care of the Union. 

TuE Seventh Regiment. — The visit of this splendid regiment to 
Virginia has elicited one universal and enthusiastic outburst of ad- 
miration and applause. It was eveiy where said, that much as we 
had heard of the magnificent drill and discipline of this crack regi- 
ment of New-York, the half had not been told us. Their whole ap- 
pearance and bearing, both as soldiers and as gentlemen, has taken 
every body by storm. W^e really can not conceive of greater per- 
fection in drill, in uniformity and precision of movement. The Re- 
giment moved like one man, like an exquisite and perfect machine, 
the effect of the whole being heightened by the perfect simplicity 
and unpretending character of their uniform. 

Uninstructed ourselves in the military art, we had the curiosity to 
inquire of a veteran officer and an accomplished gentleman, one 
whom old " Rough and Ready" considered one of the best drill offi- 
cers in the army of the United States, what he thought of the 
Seventh Regiment, and hoAV it would compare in drill with a regi- 
ment in the regular army. "Sir," said the veteran, "there is not 
one regular regiment in a hundred that will compare in drill with 
the Seventh Regiment. It is impossible that it should be otherwise. 
You can never make regular soldiers feel the personal pride which 
has led the gentlemen who compose that Regiment to the perfection 
they have attained. I do not know their Colonel, but I know from 



216 EKMOVAL OF lUE llJiMAI^S 

the manner in which he handles the Seventh that he is a soldier all 
over." If Colonel Duryee and his gallant men knew from whom 
that compliment proceeded, they would consider it as pretty a fea- 
ther as they have worn in their caps this many a day. Indeed, tlie 
fact that such splendid efficiency is attainaLle under the volunteer 
system, is a most encouraging j^roof of the capacity of this country 
to defend itself against a world in arms. 

"We hope that the late celebration will tend to strengthen the 
bonds of amity and love between the Empire State and the Old 
Dominion. The Seventh carries with it the highest admiration and 
respect of our community, as gentlemen not less than soldiers, and 
its presence on this soil, under such generous impulses, such patriotic 
inspirations, imder a common and glorious flag, teaches a moral of 
union and power, which the enemies of America abroad maj- study 
with interest, with benefit to themselves, and Avith advantage to the 
peace of the world. — A Richmond jtapcr. 

TuE VoLUN'TEER System. — The development of the volunteer ele- 
ment in the Mexican contest, and the demonstration of its wonder 
ful power and efficiency in actual warfare, startled alike our own 
countrymen and foreign nations. The militia had alwaj's been a 
laughing stock, both in England and America, notwithstanding its 
native courage and hardy habits, and the occasional splendid tri- 
umphs achieved, both in the Revolution and the late war, by an un- 
discijilined yeomanry. Bunker Hill and the battle of New-Orleans 
showed what can be sometimes effected by militia. In the latter 
battle the deadliest fire of the fight came from the raw Tennes- 
seeans, who composed the American centre. The British officers, 
who had been advised by an American deserter to direct their prin- 
cipal efforts against the American centre, because it was composed 
of militia, were convinced by the terrible reception they met, that 
the centre was composed of regulars, and, believing that the de- 
serter had willfully deceived them, they hung him to the first tree ! 
Notwithstanding this brilliant proof of the efficiency of militia, the 
country has never put much faith in their capacity for action in the 
open field. It remained for the .Mexican war to prove that the 
militia, well disciplined, is the most powerful military arm which 
this or any other country can possess. The volunteers of Mexico, 
drilled and commanded partly by graduates of West Point, of the 
Virginia Military Institute, and of other military schools, but prin- 
cipally officered by gentlemen who had received no military educa- 
tion, proved that, whether in the open field or in fortifications, the 
cilizcn-soldiei's of America are fully able to maintain the honor of 



OF JAMES MONUOK. 217 

their country. The battle of Buena Vista was fought principally 
by volunteers, and the same description of force composed a great 
portion of General Scott's victorious and conquering column. 

Let it once be shown that volunteer regiments can be made equal 
in drill and discipline to regulars, and we may congratulate our- 
selves upon possessing inexhaustible military resources in the United 
States. The Mexican war demonstrated that important fact ; and 
the New- York Regiment, which lately visited this city, is certainly 
not surpassed, if equalled, in military perfection by any regiment in 
the United States Army. We have in Virginia great facilities for 
the establishment of this description of force. The Virginia Mili- 
tary Institute is a splendid school for officers, and it only needs the 
proper encouragement and support of the volunteer system by the 
Legislature, and the community, to insure to Virginia an army of 
citizen-soldiers, of which any country might be proud. The small 
volunteer force of Richmond, in its military spirit and discipline, is 
an honor to the State, and it ought to receive the active sympathy 
and cooperation of the people to make it what it ought to be in 
numbers as well as efficiency. Our gallant volunteers and their ac- 
complished officers have had to struggle against unusual discourage- 
ments, but we trust the late military exhibition in this city will have 
the effect of awakening the martial pride of the community, and 
stimulating them to an active and generous support of the volunteer 
corps. They are not mere holiday warriors, of no practical value, 
but soldiers, capable of doing all that regulars can do, if they re- 
ceive that substantial aid and comfort which they justly merit, and 
which the community owes to its own interests to bestow. — Rich- 
mond Despatch. 

The Seventh Regiment of New- York were escorted to the Capitol 
Square, yesterday morning, by detachments of companies from the 
First Regiment, and there, in the presence of a large number of 
spectators, went through the drill, to the infinite delight of all wlio 
saw their accuracy of movement. During the forenoon, the Regi- 
ment was passed in review by Governor Wise, attended by two of 
his staff, and Colonel August, and at the conclusion of the drill were 
furnished with a collation by the Grej^s, under the shade-trees in the 
south-west corner of the Square. The various companies in the Re- 
giment were then escorted to their quarters. — Richmond Despatch. 

Capture and Detention of a New-Yobker. — Mr. John L. Hillman, 
a member of Company 8, Seventh Regiment, New-York National 
Guard, arrived at the American Hotel, in this city, on Thursday, the 

22d Jul v. 

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218 ItEilOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Some of the Greys and Blues, having ascertained that Mr. Hillman 
was among us, immediately proceeded to his quarters and tock pos- 
session ef him. In the evening he was entertained at a champagne 
supper at Zetello's, where the hosts and their guest had a most 
happy time of it. Yesterday, Mr. Hillman was given in charge of a 
committee, with strict instructions not to lose sight of him, or per- 
mit him to return to New-Yoi'k in the evening as he contemplated. 

Mr. Hillman visited Military Hall last evening, during the Greys' 
drill, and after that was again sumptuously entertained at a 
6up2:)er. 

He will return to New-York to-day, and will be under the guid- 
ance of his friends until the moment of his departure. 

Mr. Hillman was on his return from a business trip to a remote 
part of the State, having obtained a furlough for the purpose from 
his Colonel when the Regiment was here. — Richmond South, July 24. 

The Virginia Military. — ^The recent visit of the Seventh Regiment 
of New-York to our city, it is to be hoped, will have a good effect 
on our volunteer organization. We could but regard the simple 
uniform of the entire Regiment, and the neat and unostentatious 
dress of its officers, as presenting a wide contrast with the parti- 
colored line of our volunteers, and the fine decorations and pompous 
display which meet the eye in surveying our regimental parades. 
Then to think that we have but two regiments ! Two regiments of 
a military force much too small for one ! Two regiments out-num- 
bered by a little more than half a one from New-York ! The officers 
out of all propoi'tion to the privates ! 

We have not a doubt that the volunteer force of the city would 
be strengthened, would be increased in numbers and improved in 
discipline, if they would consolidate themselves into one regiment, 
abandon their uniforms, and adopt a new and plain dress for the 
whole body of soldiers. 

The advantages of such a revolution must be apparent to all who 
have any knowledge of military matters — nay, even to those who 
are not conversant with them, but who yet, as simple lookers-on, 
can readily perceive how neatness, order, and discipline would be 
promoted by it. 

Our present organization must always be subject to misunder- 
standings, jealousies, and miserable rivalries. The reformation would 
produce harmony and generous emulation instead. 

Let our volunteers imitate the noble example of their New-York 
guests, and they may come to rival them in discipline, and all the 
attributes of the soldier. They have as fine material as any city 



OF JAMKS MONKOK, 219 

ran boast, and it only wants the proper organization to prove it. 
Can not the subject be taken seriously into consideration by the 
field and company officers of the regiment ? We trust they will 
give it their attention, and that their superiors will also confer with 
them, and endeavor to bring it about. Richmond is the largest city 
in the State, and may set the fashion in military affairs. The moral 
effect of a properly drilled and properly dressed regiment here 
would be decided throughout the State. Such an organization would 
be an important foundation to build upon in any exigency that may 
arise. — Richmond Despatch. 



FROM WASHINGTON PAPERS. 

The Sevextu in Washington. — The performance of the troops, at 
the review by the President, excited universal admiration, and there 
was not an army officer on the ground who did not envy Colonel 
Duryee his command. One of them, and a veteran, too, remarked 
that there was no Regiment equal to it in the regular army. Many 
of the volunteers who were on the ground, declared they would 
never parade again, and that the visit of the Seventh was the death- 
knell of the military of Washington. We hope not, but rather that, 
as they have witnessed the result of drill and perseverance, they 
will profit by it, and imitate the example of the best-drilled regi- 
ment in this country. 

After the review was over, the Regiment were escorted, by the 
officers of the District Volunteers, to the favorite East Room of the 
White House, when Colonel Duryee was introduced to the President 
by Colonel Hickey, and the entire Regiment had an opportunity of 
shaking hands with " Old Buck." It was an interesting sight to 
witness the graceful manner in which the President greeted them, 
and, from the heightened color and sparkling eyes of the gallant 
fellows, we fancied the pleasure was mutual. When Dr. Weston, 
the acting chaplain of the Regiment, and recently elected Bishop of 
Texas, was introduced, the President, after shaking hands with him, 
said it was very well for them to take a chaplain along, but he did 
not believe they needed the doctor's services to keep them in order. 
In regard to the morals of these gentlemen, the Mayor of Richmond 
says he has never, since he has been with them, heard an oath or 
witnessed any thing in their conduct which in the slightest degree 
could be condemned. What higher compliment could he pay 
them? — Union. 



220 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

The District Volunteers. — Fiat justitla, mat cmlwii. — As charges 
of inattention to the gallant visitors from New-York have been 
made in our city against its volunteers, justice demanded an inquiry 
into the facts, and we are happy tcHind that all was done that could, 
in reason, have been required of them. It appears that as soon as 
it was intimated that the National Guard might visit Washington, 
their Colonel, in New-York, was telegraphed for information, and 
replied that they had not definitely detei-mined. After their arrival 
in Richmond, the Colonel and other gentlemen were again tele- 
graphed, and it was only on Tuesday, the 6th instant, that our vo- 
lunteers had reliable information that the New-York Regiment would 
visit "Washington, and, from the best calculation that could be made, 
the visitors were expected late on Tuesday evening, or very early 
on Wednesday morning, at our landing. Orders were accordingly 
given for assembling our volunteers at six o'clock on Wednesday 
morning, and aid was solicited from the War and Navy Departments, 
and generously responded to by the distinguished heads of those 
departments, the former granting the services of a corps of ordnance 
soldiers as artillerists to fire salutes, and the use of the arsenal 
grounds for receiving the visitors, and the latter granting the ser- 
vices of a fine company of Marines, under two gallant young offi- 
cers. Lieutenants Wilson and Schermerhorn, together with the whole 
of that noble band which is an object of just pride to the gallant 
and veteran soldier commanding that distinguished corps. All these 
were placed at the disjiosal of the Colonel commanding, to aid the 
city volunteers, in a becoming manner, to receive Colonel Duryee 
and his Regiment. Such acts, by these Departments, must be viewed 
as courteous and kind to our city volunteers, and highly compli- 
mentary to the Seventh Regiment, whose character for military dis- 
cipline and moral deportment will always be a passport to notice 
and favor by the Government and their fellow-citizens in all parts 
of the country. Owing to the shortness of the notice, but parts of 
six companies of our volunteers assembled, and were marched, with 
the regular troops, to the beautiful Arsenal grounds, where, after 
paying the usual compliments to the gallant commandant, Major 
Ramsby, they were formed in line on the green parapet facing the 
line of the expected approach of the steamer conveying the New- 
York Regiment. The Major kindly extended such liospitalities as his 
means at the post enabled him to bestow. (The emoluments of this 
post are altogether inadequate.) Tlie troops remained in these 
grounds the whole day and until a late hour, and not knowing at 
what time the visitoi-s would arrive, information having been re- 
ceived that their steamer had got aground a considerable distance 



OF JAMES MONROE. 221 

down the Potomac, it was determined to march the city troops in 
and dismiss them, and, as the visitors would come in detachments 
and at unlcnown hours of the night, no orders for the reassembling 
of the city troops were given, it being judged most advisable, under 
all the circumstances, to form an escort of our officers for the Seventh 
Regiment in its movements in the city on Thursday, thereby leaving 
the visitors free from the dust that would be raised by the cavalry 
and artillery hoi'ses of the escort, and which would have been very 
annoying and oppressive to them. This accounts for the District 
Volunteers, etc., not being under arms when the New- York troops 
arrived, and not being in the column as an escort on Thursday^ 
which was all explained to the accomplished and gallant Colonel 
Duryee, and declared to be entirely satisfactory and acceptable to 
himself and his command, and the discretion and propriety of this 
course will not be questioned by any true friend of the volunteers 
or of the city. Had the Seventh Regiment arrived as expected, on 
Wednesday, they would liave been invited, on the part of our volun- 
teers, to a handsome entertainment at the National Hotel after their 
review by the President. The movement of such a body of volun- 
teers through the country must have a salutary effect uj^on the vo- 
lunteers of every locality. It establishes in their minds a standard 
of discipline and excellence which they will endeavor to imitate. 
Too much, however, ought not to be expected where equal opportu- 
nities, advantages, and length of experience have not been enjoyed 
in other places. Taking all the other towns and cities in the Union 
together, and perhaps but few, if any, of their military organiza- 
tions would come up to the standard of discipline and excellence of 
the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard of New-York. This fact, 
however, should not prevent every reasonable effort of the volun- 
teers in all parts of the country to imitate them. To effect this, the 
volunteers themselves must give their time and attention to the 
subject ; the non-commissioned, the subaltern, and company officers 
must bestow a still greater attention, and qualify themselves for 
their respective positions, otherwise the privates will lose confidence 
in them, and their companies, as has been witnessed, will fall off, 
and lose their spirit. In the Seventh Regiment every company has 
its own drills and arrangements separately, and every officer of each 
understands his duty, so that, when they are assembled together in 
battalion, it is an easy task for the commander to drill and manoeuvre 
them, every officer knowing how to direct his company to execute 
the orders given. An important point in forming a regiment is to 
have all the companies uniformed alike, otherwise they can not be 
equalized for battalion movements or drill, and therefore can not 
manoeuvre with aecurac}' or regularity, even should tlie company 



222 REMOVAL, OF THE REMAINS 

officers understand their duty. Under all these disadvantages h 
generous feeling of indulgence or forbearance might, cimritahly, be 
extended towards an officer having the command of a regiment in 
•which every company has exercised its own fancy in adopting uni- 
forms, and in which, with a few creditable exceptions, neither the 
volunteers nor their officers have given the proper attention to their 
military improvement. It is to be hoped, however, that all the in- 
ertness and irregularity have been removed by the example so re- 
cently placed before them, and that the companies, one by one, com- 
mencing on the right, will recuperate and put " their own shoulders 
to the wheel," and then, by adopting the same uniform for all the 
companies, they may expect to have a regiment worthy of our city, 
to be founded on the principles of military knowledge and efficiency, 
retiring all officers and men who either have not, can not, or will 
not acquire the proper qualifications for their respective positions, 
repudiating insubordination, mischievous intrigues, and the machi- 
nations of unfounded ambition, which are the bane and evil of any 
military organization. 

The National Guard, Seventh Regiment, N.Y.S.M. : A Few Re- 
marks ON OUR Late Visitors. — The telegraph yesterday announced 
the reception at home of the Seventh Regiment. The account was 
read with thrilling interest by thousands ; for every where on their 
late route every man, woman, and child knew how richly the honors 
were deserved. 

We feel safe in asserting that this corps of citizen-soldiers are un- 
surpassed in this or any other country. Officers of the United States 
army, residing here, openly assert that they have never seen them 
equalled for discipline, drill, and military bearing. Although sub- 
jected to many grievous annoyances on their return, and a delay of 
three days beyond the time fixed, not a complaint was uttered ; but 
each member appeared to be impressed with the idea that it was a 
part of a soldier's duty to take every thing as it came, and make the 
best of it. 

To give an idea how this corps arrived at such a state of unity and 
perfection, we will relate one or two incidents which transpired here. 
It is customary in military organizations, to carry fatigue-caps at- 
tached to the belt while on a march: but this custom is utterly ig- 
nored by Colonel Duryee, as it gives a swinging motion to the sol- 
dier. Discovering one company with their caps thus attached, he 
dismissed them from the line, and ordered the articles to be packed 
in their knapsacks, and then fall in. 

An officer, while at the railroad depot, was dilatory in repeating 
an order to his command ; he was immediately placed in arrest, and 



OF JAMES MONROE. 223 

his sword taken from him. A soldier was slow in grounding his 
musket, when he was arrested, and his arm placed in keeping of the 
sergeant. 

Some of the men were so unfortunate as to pack their white panta- 
loons in their trunks, and were left on board the Ericsson. They 
were relieved from parade during their stay in our city, nor were 
they permitted to visit Mount Vernon with the rest of the 
Regiment. 

These little circumstances indicate the vigilance necessary in the 
commander of such a corps ; and our own volunteers should learn 
a lesson from their perfection. To show the degree of forbearance 
practised among the men, we will relate but one incident. As the 
Collyer lay alongside the Mount Vernon, discharging the soldiers 
into the latter boat, on their return from their visit to Washington's 
tomb, one of the men attempted to get on board in rear of the wheel. 
He was accosted by some person connected with the boat in a blunt 
tone of command, and ordered to go back. The soldier looked at 
the man for a moment, and a flash of indignation spread over his 
countenance. It was momentary, however. He quietly got back 
on the Collyer; and, in reply to a friend, he said: "The man was 
right ; I was wrong ; but I didn't like the tone." 

When off duty, the Guards did not, as is customary among fa- 
tigued soldiers, give themselves up to excessive jollification, and 
make bar-rooms and the streets reverberate with swaggering vul- 
garity. When they indulged in stimulants, it was in a very mode- 
rate degree; and their every action in public marked them gen- 
tlemen. 

No wonder that New- York is proud of her Seventh Regiment ! 
No wonder that they were every where on their route treated with 
distinguished consideration. No wonder that the ladies of Richmond 
turned out en masse to wish them farewell ! No wonder that the 
army officers felt proud in greeting them as soldiers, and honored 
the review at the White House in their full-dress uniforms. 

We, as citizens of the Union, should be proud of them, too; and, 
more than that, endeavor to emulate them. It is not only as a 
peaceful establishment this Regiment is esteemed. New- York knows 
that Colonel Duryee and his command can be relied on in any emer- 
gency. The Astor Place riot shows that they never shrink from a 
soldier's duty ; and the late police difficulties in the Park owe their 
bloodless termination to their presence and firmness. 

Can not Washington have a corps like the " National Guard ?"— 
Washington States, July 13. 



224 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 



THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF LAURENS HAMILTON. 



There was but one circumstance which occurred, dur- 
ins: the excursion of the National Guard, to mar the 
pleasure enjoyed by the Regiment, and that was the 
melancholy death of young Laurens Hamilton, a member 
of Company 6. 

The deceased was the son of Mr, John C Hamilton, of 
the city of New-York, author of the life of his distin- 
guished father, Alexander Hamilton, of Revolutionary 
renown. He received his education at Columbia College, 
in New-York, at which he graduated in 1854, and was 
aged twenty-three years. 

His character, amiabihty, and gentlemanly deportment 
were testified to by the officers and members of his Regi- 
ment, and by all who knew him. 

He was named after Col. Henry Laurens, of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, and a native of the State of South-Caro- 
lina, and who was of Huguenot descent, and who served 
in the American war of independence with Alexander 
Hamilton. 

At the siege of Yorktown, Col. Hamilton, who had 
commanded a battalion of light infontry during this cam- 
paign, led the advanced corps of the Americans, assisted 
by Col. Gimat, LaFayette's aid ; while Col. Henry Lau- 
rens, with eighty men, turned the redoubt in order to in- 
tercept the retreat of the garrison. The works were soon 
after stormed by the Americans, and captured at the point 
of the bayonet, Capt. Aaron Ogden, of New- Jersey, lead- 
ins: the charge. Col. Laurens was also at one time Presi- 



dent of the Continental Congress. 



OF JAMES MONKOE. 225 

The incidents Avliich attended the death and burial of 
the lamented Laurens Hamilton, we have compiled from 
accounts given by the public press. 

We understand that his health was poor Avhen he left 
NeAV^-York, and that at Richmond he was too feeble and 
ill to take any active part in the ceremonies of the occa- 
sion. 

The first tidings the National Guard had of their loss, 
was on their arrival at or near Washington, when a 
telegraph dispatch announced tbe melancholy event to 
the effect that one of their number had been recovered 
from the mouth of a small creek emptying into James 
River, near Richmond. On calling the roll of the Regi- 
ment, it was found that the only person missing was Lau- 
rens Hamilton, of Company G. Before this information 
reached Richmond by telegraph, his remains had been 
identified by his name on his belt. We take the follow- 
ing from the Mlclimond Despatch of July 13th : 

DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE NEW- YORK REGI- 
MENT—A SAD CASUALTY. 

The deep sympathies and most iinafTedted sorrow of our citizens 
were aroused on yesterday morning, by learning tliat the body of a 
member of the New- York Seventli Regiment had been discovered 
floating in Gillie's Creek. It proved to be tliat of Laurens Hamil- 
ton, private of Company 6, and a grandson of Alexander Hamilton. 
At what time and how the distressing casualty resulting in his death, 
occurred, it is impossible to say. The information elicited at the 
coroner's inquest, threw little or no light upon the subject. The 
creek in which the body was found, enters James River just below 
the wharf where the Glen Cove was moored when the Seventh Regi- 
ment embarked upon that steamer on Tuesday night. The embark- 
ation took place at half-past eight o'clock. The watch found upon 
the body stopped at five minutes before nine. The steamer departed 
at ten o'clock. So that the casualty occurred after the embarkation. 
The deceased had certainly been on board, as he had divested him- 
self of his knapsack, cap, and arms. The noise of his fall in the 
water and his cries for help, if he uttered any, were drowned by the 
cheering and rattling drums. His body must have been floated up 
the creek by the tide. 

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226 REMOVAL OP THE REMAINS 

The deceased was missed at roll-call, after the departure of the 
Glen Cove, and information of the fact was given to Lieut. Bossieux, 
of the Grays, by an officer of the Sixth Company, while tlie Grays 
were about taking a final parting with their New-Yoi-k friends, some 
distance down the river, whither they liad gone on board the Old 
Dominion, as our readers know, to await tlie arrival of the Glen 
Cove. This information occasioned various rumors, one of wliicli was 
that a member of the Grays, named Hamilton, was drowned. It 
seems as if the death of the deceased was foreshadowed ; for even as 
early as Monday last, a rumor was in circulation that one of the 
Guard was drowned ; and the rumor of a casualty by drowning has 
continued with strange pertinacity, until it terminated in the reality 
of the untimely death of this young volunteer from New-York. We 
give below a rejjort of the circumstances of the discovery of the 
body, the proceedings of the Coronei"'s inquest, and the prompt 
measures of our volunteers to pay the proper respect to the dead. 

The body was discovered at four o'clock yesterday morning in 
Gillie's Creek. A luessage was sent immediately to Coroner Peachy. 
A few members of the Grays hearing of the discovery, repaired to 
the place, and being afterwards joined by a detachment of the Blues, 
they removed the body to a building near by. No one could recog- 
nize the deceased ; but as Lieut. Bossieux had a card with the name 
of the missing volunteer given him by an officer of Company 6, it 
was concluded that it was Laurens Hamilton, and this conclusion was 
soon corroborated. 

Dr. Peachy held his inquest at nine o'clock. The body had on the 
uniform of the Guards. On the cross-belt was inscribed, " L. Hamilton, 
Co. 6," and on the waistband of his drawers were L. H., which satis- 
fied the jury as to the identity of the deceased. The body was with- 
out knapsack or body-belt, and he must have divested himself of them 
before falling overboard. Dr. Peachy made a careful examination of 
the body. No marks of violence were found u2>on it. The watch 
found upon it had stopped at five minutes before nine o'clock. 

Tlie jury rendered a verdict that "the deceased came to his death 
by drowning in James River, on Tuesday niglit, the 6th instant." 

The military now took charge of tlie corpse, detachments from each 
company being present. It was immediately shrouded, and placed 
in a metallic sarcophagus. It was then put on the hearse and escorted 
to the Capitol, where it was deposited in the rotundo, under a guard 
of volunteers. 

About twelve o'clock, Col. Duryee, of the Seventh Regiment, hav- 
ing been telegraphed to Washington that the body had been found, 
and that the Richmond military desired to escort it to New- York, re- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 227 

plied, requesting that it should be taken on to New-York in the Ro- 
anoke, where his Regiment would receive it on Sunday. 

Col. August required a detail of two men from each company of 
the First Regiment, as a guard of honor to escort the remains to New- 
York, and this the commanders of each proceeded to comply with, at 
the same time giving their members the privilege of volunteering for 
the melancholy service in any number. 

Lieut.-Col. Gary made the necessary arrangements for the trans- 
portation of the body and the escort by the steamer Roanoke, which 
was to sail at four o'clock P. M. 

The news of the discovery of the body of young Hamilton created 
the profoundest sensation in this community, and every mark of re- 
gret which could be given at the moment, was displayed. The flags 
of the shipping were exhibited at half-mast, as were those of the 
Capitol, the City Hall, the State Armory, the armories of the differ- 
ent volunteer companies, and several hotels and stores, while several 
flags, draped in mourning, were suspended across the streets. Every 
countenance expressed the lively feeling of sorrow and regret at the 
event. 

At half-past two o'clock P. M., the First Regiment of Virginia 
Volunteers paraded on Capitol Square, and at three o'clock the sar- 
cophagus being placed on the hearse, the column commanded by Col. 
August, escorted it to Rocketts, to the solemn dirges of the Armory 
Band. Tliere the remains were placed on board the Roanoke, and 
the following details from each of the companies of the First and One 
hundred and seventy -ninth Regiments marched on board as an escort 
to guard the body to New-York : 

litchmond Grays — Sergt. A. M. Barrett, James Vaughan, E. Car- 
rington. Corporal M. Page, V. Bossieux, W. S. Wood, Jr., J. "W. Pe- 
gram. Corporal J. Seth Michaud, F. Binford, Geo. Beauchamp. 

R. L. I. Blues— L\e\\i. W. L. Maule, Sergt. Tompkins, Privates 
Jarvis, Bray, Hewett, Sanxay, S. Jacobs, Jones, E. Levy, F. Carter, 
and W. A. Griffin. 

Rocky Ridge Rifles— Vvw&iQ W. S. A. Royall, and W. S. Gregory 

Montgomery Guard— Cov\)Ov&\?. T. Ryan, Disney, and B. Smith. 
Virginia Rifles— L\e\\t. Schadd, Sergt. P. Weber, Privates A Noack 
F. Lehr, W. Thon, and F. Lehmkuhl. 

National G^warf/— Privates A. Heath and William Gibson. 
Young Guard Light Battalion — Maj. H. W. Fry, Jr., Lieut. James 
Sizer, Jr., Sergt. Miner, Corporal E. Francis, Privates James Mathews, 
J. Krischmann, Robinson D. Trueheart, Wm. H. Wade, Geo. Dues- 
berry, M. Mathews, and Wm. AUegre. 



22B REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

Among the escort we noticed Private Joseph Neusteter, a member 
of the Fourth Company of the New-York Seventh Regiment, who was 
here on furlough, hut wlio, on hearing of the untimely death of his 
companion in arms, came to attend his remains home. 

Col. August appointed Lieut. Maule as commander of the escort» 
and Sergeant A. Barrett as Sergeant. 

To guard against having the ship quarantined in the port of New 
York, Col. August also furnished Lieut. Maule with a copy of the 
Coroner's inquest over the body of the deceased, and a certificate 
from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, showing that he did not 
come to his death by any contagious or infectious disease. 

All the arrangements being now complete, the Roanoke cast off 
from her moorings, and as she departed, the guns of the Artillery 
under the command of Lieut. Shine, fired three rounds. The mili- 
tary then returned to their quarters and were dismissed. 

The City Council met and took such measures as the occasion re. 
quired. They also apjjointed a committee to draft suitable resolu- 
tions expressing their sense of the lamentable event, to report at their 
meeting on Monday next. 

We do not know that we have ever witnessed an expression of 
such deep and general sympathy as this most afflictive event has 
called forth from the people of Riclmiond. Strong voices have be- 
come tremulous with emotion, and the gentle eyes of woman suffused 
with tears. The generous and noble conduct of tlie Seventh Regi- 
ment, in making this distant pilgrimage, in honor of one of Virginia's 
sons, and their most elevated and gallant bearing in our city, had 
endeared them to every heart, and all rejoiced that not one accident 
had occurred to mar the glorious pageant, and the loving embrace 
of fraternal and patriotic hearts. The last gun had fired, the last 
soldier of the Seventh was safe and well on board the steamer, and 
amid the clash of music, the glare of fireworks, and the roar of can- 
non, the Seventh seemed about to leave us, in a blaze of undimnicd 
glory. Probably at that very moment, tliis most melancholy death 
occurred; and upon this full-blown flower of a complete triunqih, 
came this sad and corrosive blight. As the melancholy intelligence 
spread from lip to lip, there was an expression of solemnity and grief 
on every face, as if a kinsman had fallen. None knew at first who 
the stranger was, but he wore the uniform of the Seventh Regiment, 
and that made him a brother to every citizen of Richmond. We 
need not add how great was the shock when the telegraph bore the 
tidings that it was a grandson of Alexander Hamilton, who had thus 
perished in doing honor to the remains of James Monroe ! When 



OF JAMES MONROE. 220 

we referred, on Monday last, to the fact that the soldiers of New- 
Yoi'k and of Virginia would again stand side by side as in the days 
when Alexander Hamilton led the triumphant colors at Yorktown, 
little did we think that a grandson of that illustrious chief was about 
to die on our own shores in this mission of patriotism and of love ; 
and he himself borne back to his native city in the next steamer to 
that in which he had guarded hither the remains of Monroe ! "What 
a fearful emphasis is given by this sudden death to the text from 
which the chaplain of the Seventh, Rev. Dr. Weston, preached to the 
Regiment on Sunday last : " Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the 
day nor the hour when the Son of man cometh," 

Common Council of the City of Richmond to Colonel A. Dtiryee. 

Richmond, July 14, 1858. 
To Colonel A. IhinYEE : 

Dear Sir : It is my privilege, as President of the Council of the 
City of Richmond, to transmit to you the within inclosed resolutions, 
adopted by the Council on the 12th instant, with a request that you 
will communicate the same to your Regiment, and the family and 
friends of Mr. Hamilton. 

Ere this letter reaches your State, you will have received the re- 
mains of Mr. Hamilton, accompanied by a committee from the vo- 
lunteer companies of the City of Richmond, and a detachment from 
the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment of Virginia Militia. 
I convened the Council for the purpose of appointing a Committee 
from their body to accompany the remains, but having received the 
intelligence of the death of Mr. Hamilton so late in the day, we 
could not get ready to start with the remains, which left at four 
o'clock P.M., that day. I assure you that the unfortunate death of 
Mr. Hamilton, while a guest of this city, on the noble and patriotic 
duty of escorting to their last resting-place the remains of one of 
Virginia's illustrious sons, has cast a gloom over our whole commu- 
nity. Such patriotism as has been manifested by him, and your 
whole Regiment, in leaving home, relatives, and friends, and endur- 
ing the fatigue of a long journey, to accompany the remains of one 
of Virginia's sons, has endeared him and his comrades to the fond 
embrace of the citizens of Richmond ; and as he now lies silent in 
the tomb, we can only bow with humble submission to the divine 
]>rovidence, but would mingle our sorrow with the grief of his rela- 
tives and friends, and deplore with the National Guard the loss of 
their comrade, and tender to that gallant corps, through you, our 
most heartfelt sympathies in this most melancholy event. I trust 
this first visit of your gallant corps to the metropolis of Virginia, 



230 REMOVAT. OF THE REMAINS 

on 60 patriotic an errand, though attended with the loss of one of 
your comrades, -which we all with you lament, be attended, as we 
believe it has been, with the happy result of binding together more 
closely the citizens of the two States in one common bond of bro- 
therhood, and make us feel tliat, though we are separated by geo- 
graphic lines, yet the same national flag that floats over you in New- 
York also waves over us in Virginia. May we be so closely united 
to eacli other, in feeling and interest, that no discord, coming from 
either North or South, shall ever separate us. 

With the most profound respects, I remain your most obedient 
servant, David J. Saunders, 

President of the Council of the City of Richmond. 



Col. August to Mayor Tiemann. 

Richmond, Virginia, July 9th, 1858. 

My Dear Sir : Before this reaches you, the telegraph will have 
informed you that the body of Mr. L. Hamilton, a member of the 
Sixth Company of the Regiment of National Guard, was found 
drowned at Rockett's this morning, at an early hour. The Coroner 
of the city held an inquest over the body at half-past nine o'clock 
A.M., and then delivered it into my charge, to make such disposition 
of it as I might think proper. I immediately gave orders that a 
metallic coffin should be procured, and the body be properly 
shrouded and deposited in it, to be conveyed by the steamer Roanoke 
to New-York. After the body was placed in the coflSn, it was es- 
corted by a detachment from my Regiment to the Capitol, where it 
remained under a guard of honor until three o'clock this afternoon 
when it was escorted to the steamer by the whole Regiment. 

The body must have remained in the water ahont fifty six hours, 
and when taken from it, could not have been identified, but for the 
name upon the linen, and upon papers in his pocket-book. 

Decomposition was so rapid, before the body was put into the 
coffin, that under no circumstances should the coffin be opened, after 
it arrives in New-York. 

I have been induced to write you this letter, because I thought it 
possible the Roanoke, with the body, might reach New-York before 
the Seventh Regiment returns, and if so, then, that you might com- 
municate to the family or friends of the deceased the substance of the 
foregoing. I have written fully to Col. Duryee upon the subject. 
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, 
T. P. AuousT, Colonel. 

First Reg't Va. Volunteers. 

Tlis Honor the Mayor of New-York. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 231 

Gol. August to Col. Duryee. 

Richmond, Virginia, July 9th, 18.58. 
Col. a. Duryee : Dear Sir : As the steamer Roanoke -was about 
leaving the wharf this afternoon, I addressed you a hasty note, in- 
forming you that I had sent the remains of Mr. L. Hamilton, under 
an escort from my Regiment, by her to New-York. Owing to my 
engagement iu Court all day, I had not time to write you as fully as 
I desired upon the subject. I shall now give you full particulars, so 
far as I am able to do so. At an early hour this morning, the body 
was discovered floating in the creek that empties into James River 
at Rocketts. The general impression here seems to be, that Mr. 
Hamilton went on board the Glen Cove with his Regiment, and 
afterwards fell overboard, before she moved off, and that his body 
was washed into the creek by the tide. You can tell whether this 
impression is correct or not, by ascertaining if his musket and knap- 
sack were on board the steamboat. There was no knapsack on the 
body when it was found. I am informed that in one of his pockets 
was found a pocket-book containing about twenty-seven dollars, and 
some few papers. He had, also, ujion his person, a fine gold watch. 
These things were taken charge of by the authorities, and will, I 
presume, be forwarded to New-York on Monday next by James A. 
Patterson, Esq., a merchant of your city, who will be directed to 
deliver them to you, in order that they may be handed over to his 
family. After the body was taken from the water, the decomposi- 
tion was so rapid as to render it impossible for any one to recognize 
it. The coffin must not, on any account, be opened, after it gets to 
New- York, as a sight of the body, in its present condition, would be 
any thing but gratifying to the friends of the deceased. This sad 
affair has east a gloom over our whole community, and from every 
lip we hear expressions of sincere sorrow for his untimely death. As 
the procession passed along the streets, at various points, flags, 
draped in deep mourning, were suspended, and in other ways our 
citizens testified their respect for the memory of the deceased. The 
City Council held a meeting this evening, and adopted suitable reso- 
lutions. Be pleased to let me hear from you upon this subject. 

I am, yours most truly, T. P. August, 

Col. August to Col. Duryee. 

Richmond, Virginia, July 9th, 1858. 
Colonel : Tlie steamer Roanoke is just about to leave the wharf, 
and I have only time to say to you that she carries to New-York the 
last remains of Mr. L. Hamilton, of your Regiment, wlio was found 
drowned at Rockett's this morning. 



232 REJIOVAI, OF THE REMAINS 

The body was delivered to me tins morning, by the Coroner of the 
city, and I immediately gave orders for a proper disposition of it. It 
was escorted to the Capitol by a detachment from my Regiment, 
where it laid in state until three o'clock this afternoon, when it was 
escorted to the steamer by my whole Regiment. I send a detach- 
ment from the different companies of my Regiment, to accompany 
the remains to New-York. A detachment from the One Hundred 
and Seventy-Ninth Regiment Virginia Militia, also accompanies the 
remains. 

I need not assure you that our whole community have been deeply 
touched by the intelligence of his untimely death. 

Be pleased to convey to your Regiment, and to the family and 
friends of the deceased, the assurance of the cordial s^^mpathy of our 
whole community in their afflicting bereavement. 

In great haste, yours most truly, 

T. P. August. 
Col. First Reg't Va. Vols. 

Lieut.-Col. Milton Gary to Col. Duryee. 

Richmond, July 10th, 1858. 
Colonel : For fear that my Colonel August has not been able to 
write you by this afternoon's mail, (he having been in Court, I be- 
lieve, all day,) I write you a line in relation to your poor Hamilton. 
Every thing found on him we have here, subject to the direction of 
Lis friends. It was not possible to send them on with his body, as 
we wished to have his uniform and equipments, of course, much 
soiled, from remaining in the water, properly cleaned and arranged. 
His watch, money, etc., are all in the hands of proper parties, and 
will be sent as may be hereafter d^-sired. Do not allow the case to 
be opened, as the sight would be a disagreeable recollection for his 
friends. I regret exceedingly that the case was closed before I could 
take a lock of his hair for his family, but having many things to at- 
tend to, I was not near the body when it was shrouded, and would 
not have it opened afterwards, even for that. The body was in an 
advanced stage of decomposition when discovered. I send you a 
copy of one of our morning papers, which will give you all of the 
particulars which we have been able to gather. It needs no words 
from me, Sir, to assure you, your officers and men, and the family and 
friends of the deceased, of the deep sympathy of our citizens, our 
officers and men, with you and them in this distressing calamity. 
Poor fellow, while his comrades were cheering and being cheered, he 
was drowning within a few feet of them, unseen by a single eye, un- 



OF JAMES MONROE. 233 

assisted bj' a single arm. We cared for his dust, sir, as hrothron 
should, and we have sent him back to you over the billows, guardecl 
by brethren, that he may be laid under the sod of his native State, 
his bier to be followed by the gallant Seventh, and his grave to be 
moistened with their tears. If you should see Messrs. Schad and 
Maule, the lieutenants in charge of the guard from my Regiment, do 
not fail to send them, with their guards, by the steamer Roanoke, on 
Wednesday afternoon. Such are their instructions, and I know tliey 
will carry them out, unless over persuaded by some of your com- 
mand. I write in great haste, and with no less of feeling on this 
sad occasion. 

With sentiments of the highest regard, I am. Colonel, very truly 
and sincerely, yours, R. Miltox Gary, First Va. Vols. 

Capt. Will. H. Richardson to Col. Durye£. 

Henrico Co., Virginia, July 12th, 1858. 

Dear Sir : It was my pride and pleasure, one week ago, to march 
in the same column, and to mingle at the same festive board, with 
your gallant Regiment, soldiers, all of us, of the same common coun- 
try, and rallied (God be thanked still,) under the same glorious stars 
and stripes, the emblem of our Union. As an American, I feel 
proud of the noble specimen of citizen soldiery who had volunteered 
the sacred duty which brought them to the shores of the Old Do- 
minion. Their splendid soldiership commanded universal admira- 
tion, as did their personal qualities our esteem, and when j^ou left 
us, we parted with you as with brothers who had won our hearts. 
Little did wc suppose that in so short a period of time the current of 
our feelings should be turned into another channel. The sad, un- 
timely end of your comrade, Laurens Hamilton, fell like a thunder- 
clap upon our city and country, and I may truly say, plunged every 
heart in sorrow, as it placed every flag in mourning. 

As one who felt all that a soldier and a man could feel, in the plea- 
sant associations of your visit to us, I can not remain silent, when 
those, whom we look upon as " brothers in arms," are called upon to 
mourn. I speak the sentiments of mj' corps, in expressing my own, 
and I beg the privilege of mingling our tears and our sympathies 
with theirs. 

The private circle of the mourning family the stranger must not 
intrude upon ; but to my brother soldiers I may say tliis much, in 
token of my deep-felt sorrow. 

I remain, dear Sir, most truly yours, 

William II. Richardson. 

Capt., Henrico Light Dragoons. 



234 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

THE ESCORT OP YOUNG HAMILTON'S REMAINS TO 

NEW-YORK. 

The escort of Virginia soldiers which attended the re- 
mains of young Hamilton to New- York, embarked the 
10th July, by the Roanoke, to return home. 

The steamer was expected to arrive on Sunday evening, but was 
detained off Sandy Hook by a fog, so that she did not arrive until 
after six o'clock yesterday morning. It was intended to receive the 
body with military lionors, but in obedience to the express wishes of 
the family, the ceremonies were quietly conducted. A meeting of 
Company 6, National Guard, to which young Hamilton belonged, 
was held on Sunday, at which two brothers of the deceased were 
present to make this request known. It was instantly complied 
with, and the other companies of the Regiment were also notified, 
so that they might observe it. Company 6 appointed Lieut. Kent 
and privates Teer and King to receive the body ; and privates Kem- 
ble, Vose, Ebaugh, Bartlett, and Draper — young Hamilton's intimate 
friends — a committee to assist the family in the funeral arrangements, 
and Lieutenants Vermilyea and Kent a committee to secure quarters 
for the Virginia escort. The meeting was closed with prayer by 
private King. The armory of the Company has been draped taste- 
fully with festoons of black and white muslin, in memory of the de- 
ceased — his closet being distinguished by a white satin bow. 

At Norfolk, the military from Richmond were joined by Capt. V. 
D. Groner, Quartermaster Foster, Paymaster Cherry, Sergeant J. G. 
West, Lieut. Diff, C. Crowell, Lieut. Peter Dilworth, and Orderly D. 
Waters, members of the Fifty-fourth Regiment Virginia State Mili- 
tia, who were detailed as a guard of honor by the civil authorities 
of Norfolk, to escort the remains from that city to New- York. When 
they embarked they were saluted and welcomed in an appropriate 
manner by their Richmond military brethren, and from that time 
they entered upon their share of the duties attending the melancholy 
honors paid to the lamented dead. 

The body was placed at the stern of the vessel, on the promenade 
deck, near the flag-staflf, and covered with an awning of the thickest 
canvas, to screen the cases in which it was inclosed from the weather. 
Four sentries were kept on guard all the time, the deputations from 
Richmond and Norfolk sharing the duty equally. Tiie steamer car- 
ried her flags at half-mast on leaving Richmond, at Norfolk, and on 
entering the port of New- York. She was detained below Quarantine 
several hours by a dense fog and the darkness of the night. The 



OP JAMES MOXROE. 235 

friends of the deceased and the committee were on the pier with a 
hearse on the arrival of the steamer, and the remains were at once 
delivered to them by the escort. The Virginians were somewhat 
surprised at first at there being no military reception ; but upon 
being informed of the wishes of the family, at once acquiesced in 
their proprietj*. The remains were taken to Trinity Church, where 
they were left in charge until to-day at half-past three, when the 
funeral ceremonies will take place without any military display, 
agreeably to the wishes of the family. Mr. Schuyler Hamilton, how- 
ever, has sent a touching letter to the Virginia escort through the 
acting commander, Lieut. Maule, inviting them, in view of the atten- 
tions of kindred which they have shown to the deceased, to attend 
the funeral with the family. 

The following letter was bi'Oiiglit by Lieut. Maule to 

Colonel Duryee : 

Richmond, Va., July 9, 1858. 

Colonel: The steamer Roanoke is just about to leave the wharf, 
and I have only time to say to you that she carries to ISTew-York the 
remains of Mr. L. Hamilton, of your Regiment, who was found 
drowned at Rocketts, this morning. The body was delivered to me 
this morning by the coroner of the city, and I immediately gave 
orders for a proper disposition of it. It was escorted to the Capitol 
by a detachment from my regiment, where it laid in state until three 
o'clock this afternoon, when it was escorted to the steamer by my 
whole regiment. I send a detachment from the different companies 
of my regiment to accompany the remains to New-York. A detach- 
ment from the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Virginia 
Militia also accompanies the remains. I need not assure you that our 
whole community have been deeply touched by the intelligence of 
his untimely death. Be pleased to convey to your Regiment and to 
the family and friends of the deceased the assurance of the cordial 
sympathy of our whole community in their afflicting bereavement. 
In great haste, I am truly yours, T. P. August, 

Col. First Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 

To A. Duryee, Col. Seventh Regiment, National Guard. 

The Virginians were escorted to the Lafarge House, where they 
were quartered during their stay at the expense of the Seventh 
Regiment, and every effort made to meet their slightest wish. They 
were on tlie 12th July personally attended to by various members 
of the Regiment, and shown several of our city armories and other 



236 KEirOVAL OF THE KEMAINS 

objects of interest. They arranged to return on Wednesday after- 
noon, the 14th July, and before tliey left, the National Guard took 
occasion to impress upon them their gratitude for the unbounded 
hospitality of Virginia towards themselves. The funeral ceremonies 
took place on the 13th, from Trinity Church. Dr. Muhlenberg, of 
"whose church Mr. Hamilton was a member, and Dr. Weston, the 
temporary Chaplain of the Regiment, officiated. The remains were 
interred in the family vault in Trinity Church-yard. 



Meeting of the City Authorities of Richmond, and Adoption of 
Resolutions expressive of sorrow and condolence for the Death 
of Laurens Hamilton, 

At a, meeting of the Council of the city of Richmond, 
held on Monday, the 12th day of July, in the year 1858, 
the following jireamble and resolutions were unanimous- 
ly adopted : 

Whereas, Laurens Hamilton, Esq., a member of the National 
Guard of New- York, was drowned in this city during the recent em- 
barkation of his Regiment on their return home — therefore, be it 

Resolved, by the Council of the city of Richmond, that they liave 
heard of the unfortunate death of Mr. Hamilton Avith profound re- 
gret, a regret deepened, if possible, by the reflection that he lost his 
life while a guest of this city, and in the act of closing the noble and 
■patriotic duty of escorting to their last resting-place the remains of 
one whom in life Virginia delighted to honor, and whom in death 
she has recalled to her bosom. 

Resolved, That the Council claim for themselves and for their fel- 
low-citizens, the melancholy privilege of mingling their sorrow with 
the grief of Mr. Hamilton's relatives and friends, of deploring with 
the National Guard the loss of their comrade, and of tendering to 
that gallant corps the most heartfelt sympathy for the melancholy 
event which clouds the recollections of their visit to Richmond. 

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted 
to Col. Duryee, with the request that he will communicate them to 
his Regiment and to the relatives of deceased. 



OF JAMES MONROE. 237 

From a New -York paper. 

"WHAT SHADOWS AWE ARE, AND WHAT SHADOWS 

WE PURSUE." 

The gallant Seventh Regiment left us, the other day, with all the 
" pomp and circumstances " of military display, to follow, to their 
final resting-place, the mortal remains of Ex-President Monroe. This 
evening they are expected to return, to follow one of their own 
number to the place appointed for all living. They left us thus to 
bury the dead — and thus they come back to bury the dead. A 
funeral there, and a funeral here ! 

We refer here to the death, by drowning, of young Laurens Hamil- 
ton, of Company 6 — son of John C. Hamilton, and grandson of the illus- 
trious Alexander Hamilton. As yet, we have but few particulars of 
the occurrence ; it is only certain that he was missing from the Regi- 
ment — that he must have fallen overboard from the steamer Glen 
Cove, in the James River, and that his body, some hours afterwards, 
was found floating in the water near Richmond. The military there, 
with characteristic chivalry, took charge of it, placed it on board the 
Roanoke, which, leaving for New- York Friday afternoon, will doubt- 
less be at her dock here to-day. A guard of honor from Richmond 
accompany the remains. 

Mr. Hamilton, the deceased, was twenty-three years of age — a 
young man of exemplary conduct, and was much esteemed by a 
large circle of friends in this city. He was a member of the Church 
of the Holy Communion, (Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg's,) and was a sincere 
and devoted Christian. He leaves a father, mother, and brothers, 
who feel deeply bereaved at the loss of a dear son and brother. 

The members of the Sixth Company, who did not participate in 
the excursion to Richmond, met at their armory Friday evening, and 
concluded not to take any measures for the funeral of their deceased 
comrade, until the arrival of the Regiment from Richmond ; they, 
however, very appropriately draped their armory in deep mourning. 

Mr. Hamilton joined the Seventh Regiment on the 23d of July 
1857 ; and he entered upon his duties as a member of the corps to 
which he was attached, with a zeal and alacrity seldom observed in 
a member of a Regiment where such rigid discipline is exacted from 
a new member as in the National Guard. Peace to his ashes ! 

From the Richmond Despatch. 
THE HAMILTON" MONUMENT. 
We yesterday received no less than three communications offering 
to subscribe to the erection of a monument over the remains of young 



238 REMOVAL OF THE KEMAIXS 

Hamilton, of the National Guard, New-York. Two of them are 
from gentlemen in the interior counties, showing how wide spread is 
the sorrow at the sad death of our guest. A committee appointed 
for the purpose, could speedily raise $1000 or $2000, for the erection 
of the projiosed monument, so general seems the desire to contri- 
bute to it. Let those having the matter in hand specify some mode 
of contribution, and the money will not be wanting. 



FUNERAL OF LAURENS HAMILTON, OF THE 
SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

The funeral of Laurens Hamilton, the member of the 
Seventh Regiment, who was drowned at Richmond dur- 
ing the recent obsequies of President Monroe, took place 
on the afternoon, 13th July, at half-past three, at Trinity 
Church. At an early hour the crowd began to collect, 
and at the time of the commencement of the services, all 
the seats were filled, and the aisles were crowded to ex- 
cess. The seats on the centre aisle were reserved for the 
relatives, the pall-bearers, the guard of honor from Vir- 
ginia, the members of the Seventh Regiment, in citizens' 
di-ess, and the graduating class of 1854 of Columbia Col- 
lege, of which the deceased was a member. 

Precisely at half-past three, the officiating clergymen, 
relatives, and pall-bearers, emerged from the ante-room 
on the left of the altar, and, proceeding to the vestibule, 
escorted the remains in procession to the front of the 
altar, in the following order : 

Officiating Clergy. 
Dr. Berrian, Di'- Muhlenberg, 

Dr. Taylor, B,e\. Mr. Weston, 

Eev. Mr. Lawrence, 

Rev. Mr. Adams. 

Pall-Bearers. 



Pall-Bearers 
E. C. Morris, 
E. Oothout, 
B. Cutting. 



The body 

of the 
deceased. 



Robert Wintlirop, 
Gouverneur Kemble, 
Tracy Arnold. 



Relatives of the deceased. 
Friends of the familv. 



OF JAMKS MOXROK. 239 

The body was placed directly in front of the altar, and 
the officiating clergy took seats in the chancel, where Dr. 
Adams was also seated. The solemn burial-service of 
the Episcopal Church was then performed, after which 
the remains were conveyed to the family vault, at the 
south-west corner of the church-yard. Many of the 
audience lingered about the church-yard to view the tomb 
of the illustrious grandfather of the deceased — Alexander 
Hamilton. 

The Virginia Guard of Honor wore badges of their 
melancholy office, and after the service, proceeded to 
their qiiarters. 

The Virginians have received assiduous attentions from 
the members of the Seventh dui-ing their stay, and every 
disposition has been shown to reciprocate the hospitality 
so I'ecently evinced at Richmond. 

There was a voluntary parade of the Seventh Regiment 
on the 14th July, at one o'clock, in white pantaloons. The 
line will be formed in Washington Parade Ground. They 
will escort to the steamer Roanoke the delegation from 
Norfolk, Richmond, and Petersburg. 



Movements of the National Guard prior to their departure for 
Virginia— Pressing Invitation received by them from the Cities 
of Kichmond and "Washington, and from the Heads of Military 
Companies of the South. 

As soon as it became rumored that the National Guard 
would likely be selected by the city authoi'ities as an 
escort to accompany the remains of Mr. Monroe from 
New- York to Virginia, complimentary invitations from 
the South poured in npon them. 

To many of these kind invitations Col. Duryee had to 
delay giving answers, until he could ascertain whether 
the Mayor and Common Council of New- York would 
accept the services of his command, voluntarily offered 
by a large majority of the members of his noble Regi- 
ment. 



240 RKSIOVAL OF TIIK ItKMAINS 

The services of the Ilegiment having been accepted as 
a guard of honor to escort the remains of Mr. Monroe 
to Virginia, it proceeded to charter the noble ocean-built 
steamship Ericsson to convey it to Virginia. 

So soon as the plan of proceedings was organized, this 
liberal-spirited and patriotic Regiment, though incurring 
a heavy expense in getting up their conveyance and out- 
fit, issued various invitations to Committees to accompany 
it on board of the Ericsson, among which Avere the fol- 
lowing : 

Invitation to the Mayor of the City of New- York. 

New-Yokk, 29tli June, 1858. 
Sib: The Seventh Regiment having made arrangements for pro- 
ceeding to Richmond, Va., as a guard of lionor to the remains of 
Ex-President Monroe, on Saturday next, we frhall feel very much 
pleased if you will accompany the Regiment as their guest. 
We are, sir, your obedient servants, etc., 

LiEUT.-CoL. Lefferts, 
Capt. Nevers, 
Lieut. Williams. 
Hon. D. F. TiEMANN, Mayor City New-Yorlc. 

The Mayor, owing to pressing business engagements, 
Avas forced to decline the invitation so kindly tendered 
him. 

Mayor^s Reply. 

New-York, 1st July, 1858. 
To Lieut.-Col. M. Lefferts : 

Dear Sir : I have received your kind invitation to accompany the 
Seventh Regiment of tlie City of New-York on their contemplated 
visit to Riclimond, as tlie guard of honor of the remains of tlie pa- 
triot, James Monroe, late President of the United States. I sliould 
I)e indeed gratified to accompany this distinguished corps on so 
solemn and interesting an occasion, but the exigency of public busi- 
ness, particularly at this time, will prevent my doing so. You will 
do me the favor of conveying to the officers and members of the 
Regiment my best wislies for their prosperity and haj)piness, and 
believe me to be, most sincerely, your friend, 

Daniel F. Tiemann. 



OK JAMES MONKOE. 241 

Invitation to the Committee of Arrangements on the part of the Com- 
mon Council of the City of Neiv-York. 

June 29th, 1858. 
Sir : The Seventh Regiment have chartered the steamer Ericsson 
for the purpose of proceeding to Richmond as guard of honor to the 
remains of Ex-President Monroe, and will be most happy to have 
the Joint Committee of the Common Council, of which you are 
Chairman, to accompany the Regiment. 

We have extended a similar invitation to the Virginia Committee, 
and hope it may suit all persons interested to place the body in our 
charge and all proceed in one ship. 

We are, sir, your obedient servants, etc., 

LiEUT.-CoL. Lkfferts, 
Capt. Nevis, 
T. W. Adams, Chairman. Lieut. Williams. 

Reply of the Committee through their Secretary. 

New-Yokk, June 29, 1858. 
LiEUT.-CoL. Lefferts, Seventh Regiment : 

Dear Sir : Your communication, addressed to the Chairman of the 
Joint Committee of the Common Council, on the removal of the re- 
mains of Ex-President Monroe, stating that the Seventh Regiment 
would be most happy to have the Joint Committee accompany it to 
Richmond in the steamer Ericsson, was laid before that Committee 
at their meeting this afternoon, and in reply, they have instructed 
me to inform you that they would have been pleased to have ac- 
cepted your invitation, so kindly tendered, but for an earnest wish, 
conveyed to them by the Committee appointed on the part of the 
State of Virginia, for the Joint Committee to proceed with them to 
Richmond in the steamer Jamestown, as the guests of that State. 

The Joint Committee have also desired me to request that you 
will express to the officers and other members of the Seventh Regi- 
ment their high appreciation of the invitation extended by them, 
and that the invitation of the Committee from Virginia alone pre- 
vented their acceptance thereof. 

Yours, very respectfully, 

Richard Scott, Cor. Sec. 

Invitation to Lieutenant- General Winfield Scott. 

New- York, 29 June, 1858. 
Sir: The Seventh Regiment, National Guard, N. Y. S. M., have 
made arrangements to proceed to Richmond, Va., as a guard of 
11 



242 EEMOVAL OF TIIK EEIIAINS 

honor to the remains of Ex-President Monroe, and contemplate npon 
their return to pay a visit to the tomb of Washington and the City 
of Baltimore. 

The Regiment are aware of the interest you feel, as an old and 
familiar friend of the late President, in the ceremonies which are to 
place the remains within the protection of his own State, and they 
will feel exceedingly gratified if you will accept this invitation to 
accompany the Regiment, and thus give your presence and aid in 
the performance of tliis duty. 

The Regiment have chartered the large steamship Ericsson, and 
have pleasant and comfortable accommodations for yourself and staff. 
We are, sir, with great respect, your obedient sei'vants, 
LiEUT.-CoL. M. Lefferts, ) 
Capt. Nevers, > Committee. 

Lieut. Williams, ) 

Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chief, U. S. A., West 
Point. 

Jiepli/. 
West Point, N. Y., July 6, 1858. 
Gentlemen : Lieutenant-General Scott desires me to acknowledge 
your invitation for him to proceed to Richmond in the Ericsson as 
the guest of your Regiment. 

The invitation, dated June 29, was addressed to this place and 
forwarded to the General in Washington. Failing to reach him 
there and sent back, it was only received by him here yesterday. 
The General begs you to express to the Regiment his appreciation 
of their kindness and his thanks for the compliment. His public 
duties, at the moment, must have prevented his accepting the invi- 
tation, even had he not been sick. 

T am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

George W. Lay, Lieut.-Col. A. D. C. 
To Lieut.-Col. M. Lefferts, and others, Seventh Regiment N. Y. S. M. 

The following is a copy of Lieut.-Gen. Scott's reply to 
a former invitation sent by it to him, i-equesting tlie 
honor of his comjiany in their visit to Boston, to attend 
the inauguration of the Bunker Hill ceremonies : 

Ge7i. Winfield Scott to Col. Duryee. 

New-York, June 11, 1858. 
My Dear Colonel : I find myself obliged at the last moment com- 
pelled to decline the many invitations to visit Boston on the ap- 



OF JAMKS MONllOE. 243 

proiicliing occasion of the inauguration of the Bunker Hill ceremony, 

on account of the increased illness of my wife. With many thanks 

to you and your fine Regiment, inviting me to accompany you to 

Boston, 

I remain, my dear sir, yours very truly, 

WiNFiELD Scott. 
Col. A. DuRYEE, etc., etc. 



The officers of the National Guard, Colonel Duryee, 
Lieutenant-Colonel LelFerts, and Quartermaster Win- 
chester, also tendered, in person, invitations to the Com- 
mittee of Virginians, resident in New-York, appointed 
to accompany the Regiment on board of the Ericsson, 
to Virginia, which their previous acceptance from the 
State Committee, to go with the remains on hoard the 
Jamestown, obliged them to decline. 

The officers, on behalf of the Regiment, also extended 
a similar invitation to Messrs. Wise and Mumford, the 
Committee from the State of Virginia, which they, from 
previous arrangements, were unable to accept. 



irrVITATIONS TO THE NATIONAL GUARD FROM THE 

SOUTH. 

Mayor Mayo to Colonel Duryee. 

Richmond, Virginia, June 23, 1858. 

To Colonel Duryee, of the Seventh Regiment of New-York 

Militia : 

Dear Sir: The Council of this City, cherishing with grateful 
pride the patriotic devotions of the citizens of a sister State, to 
the memory of one of Virginia's most distinguished sons, one whom 
she loved to honor while living, and now reveres his memory, bids 
me to thank you and the Regiment under your command, for the 
proffered honor to the memory of Mr. Monroe, by accompanying his 
remains as a miUtary escort to this city, on the 5th of July, and, in 
their name, to tender to you a sincere and cordial welcome to the 
metropolis of his native State. 

With sentiments of high regard, I am your obedient servant, 

Joseph Mayo, Mayor, 



244 KEMOVAL OF THE liEMAINS 

Colonel August, Lieutenant- Colonel Cary, Major R. M. Nimmo, of 
Mrst Regiment Virginian Volunteers, to Colonel Duryee. 

Head-quarters First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, 
Richmond, June 8, 1858. 
Colonel : It having been stated in the papers of your city that a 
guard of honor will accompany the remains of the late President 
Monroe, on their removal to our city, and that it will probably be 
composed of a detachment of your Regiment, a Committee to inform 
you, if the guard be taken from your Regiment, or if taken from 
any other Regiment, the officers commanding that Regiment that 
the detachment will be received here, and treated as the guests of 
our Regiment during their stay in Richmond. If the guard is to be 
taken from any other Regiment, please favor us by sending this note 
to its commanding officer. 

We are, sir, with great respect, your obedient servants, 

T. P. August, Colonel. 
R. Milton Cart, Lieutenant-Colonel. 
R. M. NiMMO, Major. 
Colonel DuETEE, Commanding Seventh Regiment, N. Y. S. F., 
National Guard, New- York. 

Colonel August to Colonel Duryee. 

Richmond, Virginia, June 30th, 1858. 
Colonel Duryee : 

Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours 
of the 28th, informing the Committee of which I am Chairman, of 
your acceptance, in behalf of your command, of the civilities ten- 
dered by us, in the name of the First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, 
provided such an acceptance does not conflict with the arrangements 
of our city authorities. 

It gives me great pleasure to assure you, sir, that no conflict can 
possibly occur, as our entertainment of you will be a part of the 
programme recognized by the city authorities. 

With high regard, your obedient servant, 

T. P. August, 
Colonel First Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 

Colonel W. Jlickey to Colonel Duryee. 

Washington, July 4th, 1858. 
Colonel Duryee, Commanding Seventh New-York Regiment, 
Richmond, Virginia : 
My Dear Sir : Your favor from New- York has been duly received, 
and, as it leaves us in doubt whether you will bring your Regiment 



OF JAMES MONROE. 245 

to Washington, which you stated you could not determine until after 
you left New- York, I beg leave to re-quest, that you will do us the 
favor to cause me to be informed by telegraph, as early as convenient, 
whether you will come to Washington. If so, by what route, when 
you will leave Richmond, and expect to arrive here. 

This will confer a great favor upon us. We can promise but very 
little in the way of display, but what we can do will be offered with 
the highest appreciation of the excellent and efficient character of 
your Regiment, and a sincere respect for yourself and your com- 
mand individually. 

Expecting to hear from you soon, I have the honor to be, dear 
Colonel, your obedient servant, 

W. HiCKEY, Volunteers D. C. 

Washington Cmr, July 9th, 1858. 
Colonel Abram Duryee, Commanding Seventh Regiment of New 

York: 

My Dear Sir : Sudden and severe indisposition, from which I am 
gradually recovering, alone prevented ray tendering a personal wel- 
come to you and your associates in arms ; and I had hoped up to the 
present moment to be able to carry out this wish, but my physician 
has placed me under injunctions not to leave my house. 

I deeply regret this circumstance on every account, but it shall 
not prevent an expression of my feelings on this interesting occasion, 
rendered doubly interesting from the patriotic errand which brought 
you to this region of our Union. 

I am sure the citizens and soldiers of the Federal Metropolis will 
rejoice to meet you in their city, and in tlieir name, as well as for 
myself individually, I offer to you, and to those under your com- 
mand, a hearty welcome to Washington. 

Allow me to add my best wishes for a pleasant and safe return to 
your homes. 

I am. Colonel, with high regard, yours truly, 

James G. Bereet. 



240 llEMOVAL OP THE REMAINS 



LETTERS OF THANKS. 

To Colonel T. P. Auguat, of the First Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 

New- York, July, 1858. 
Sir : Allow the Committee appointed by the Board of Officers of 
Seventh Regiment New-York National Guard, to express to you, and 
through you to your Regiment, their heartfelt thanks for the munifi- 
cent entertainment which greeted their arrival in your beautiful city. 
It was on a scale proportionate to the gigantic building in which it 
was served, and a fitting exponent of the large-heartedness that dic- 
tated it, and with the generous viands, too, there was a " feast of 
reason and a flow of soul, that bid a good digestion wait on appetite, 
and health on both." "We hail that day's intercourse as a commence- 
ment of a new era in the interchange of friendly sentiments and 
mutual kindnesses between the North and South. The occasion, of 
necessity, gave a national character to the imposing ceremonies wit- 
nessed in your city, and a whole nation participated in the cordial 
attentions so frankly tendered by your citizens and the noble senti- 
ments so happily expressed by your orators. A few such interviews 
will do more to dissipate the idle jealousies that still alienate many, 
and the petty feuds that will estrange some, than all the pamphlet- 
writing and legislation of the past. 

The sons of New-York and Virginia met with extended hands, 
and both are always in earnest, whether the hand is given open or 
shut. They joined in friendly clasp, and both instinctively felt it 
was the warm grasp of a brother. 

You gave us a welcome warm as the sky of your own sunny 
South, and we yearn for an oj^portunity to show that the cold in 
clime are not cold in affection, and to prove to you that we can ap- 
preciate your generosity, though we never can forget your kind 
offices so prodigally showered upon us, on that soil that gave birtli 
to the Father of his Country, and where we all felt we were sons, 
and where, too, a mutual feeling, we trust, animated each heart, like 
that wliieh warmed the souls of our forefathers when they met on 
the battle-fields of the Revolution. 

Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col., 

H. C. Shumway, Capt., Committee 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., >• of 

J. Monroe, Capt., Board of Officers. 

Rev. J. n. Weston, Chaplain, 



OF JAMES MONROE. 247 



To his Excellency, Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia. 

N"ew-York, July, 1858. 
Sir: The undersigned, in behalf of the National Guard of New- 
York, and by direction of the Board of Officers, beg most respect- 
fully to tender you their sincere thanks for the cordial reception 
extended to them, by the capital of your State, the city of Richmond, 
and especially for the elegant entertainment the officers enjoyed at 
your hospitable home. 

New-York had guarded well the sacred ashes intrusted to her 
care, and liastened to respond to the call of Virginia when she 
demanded the dust of her beloved son. 

It is an event not soon to be forgotten ; it is indeed already a part 
of history, and your able and eloquent address at the tomb of the 
great man whom we had met to honor, was worthy of the occasion, 
and we can pronounce no higher eulogium. The address will never 
be effaced from our memories. It elicited a hearty response from 
every heart ; it breathed no partisan sjiirit ; there was nothing nar- 
row or sectional in its tone ; but it was as broad and catholic as the 
sun that shone over our heads, and the breeze that fiinned our brows. 
We are confident we express the sentiments of the entire Regi- 
ment, when we say it added a new ligament to the bonds which hold 
together our vast Republic. 

We left your noble State better patriots, and felt after having wor- 
shipped together at the altars of your mighty dead, that " e'en in 
their ashes live their wonted fires," and that we were indeed breth- 
ren laboring together in the sublime cause of common humanity. 
"With the highest esteem, 

We remain your obedient servants, 
Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col. 
H. C. Shumway, Capt., 
B. M. Nevers, Capt., 
J. MoxROE, Capt., 
Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



Reply. 

Richmond, Va., Sept. 15, 1858. 

Gentlemen: Within the last few days I returned to this city, after 
an absence of several weeks, during which yours of the day of 

July last was received at my office. 

It gives me sincere pleasure to acknowledge this token of your 



248 REMOVAL OF THK REMAINS 

regard and esteem. The National Guard of New- York came to our 
Capitol on a sacred mission, to restore the ashes of a beloved son of 
this State who had in peace and in war served his whole country, 
and piously they performed the patriotic dut}-. Our Capitol, Rich- 
mond City, was honored by their visit, and proudly our people 
endeavored to acknowledge the compliment. As the Governor of 
the State, I should have been wanting in duty to her and false to my 
own feelings if I had not tendered to the Seventh Regiment of New- 
York the most cordial reception. And well did they deserve it, not 
onl}- for the object of their escort, but for their conduct as soldiers, 
and gentlemen, and patriots. 

I beg you to tliank the Board of Officers for their kind letter 
tlirough you, which I have had framed and hung up in the Execu- 
tive Mansion, to be transmitted to posterity as a memorial of the 
event of your visit, characterized in all respects by every sentiment 
of brotherly affection and of filial devotion to a common country. 
The Virginians and the New-Yorkers took hold of the horns of the 
altar together, and from the very ashes of the Revolutionary sire they 
reinterred, were inspired anew, with the fealty of old, to the whole 
United States, their glory of the past, their interest of the present, 
their destiny for the future, and their honor and perpetuity in a 
blessed union now and forever. May we always promote and cher- 
ish the sympathies of Brethren and remain One People. 
I am, gentlemen, most gratefull}'. 

Your obliged fellow-citizen and friend, 

Henry A. Wlse. 



To 



Maeshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col. 

H. C. SuuMWAT, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., 

J. Monroe, Capt., 

Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



To Hon. Joseph Mayo, Mayor of the City of Richmond. 

New-York, July, 1858. 

StR: We have been directed by resolution of the Board of Officers 
of the Seventh Regiment New-York National Guard, to convey to 
you, and through you as. the oflicial head to the City Council of 
Richmond, the deep sense of obligation the entire Regiment feel for 
the free and generous hospitality of your city upon our recent visit. 

The most simple expressions of satisfaction and Lasting remem 



OF JAMES MONROE. 249 

brance of our limited stay among you, are more consonant to our real 
emotions of respect, gratitude, and fraternal feeling. 

The Regiment were fortunate in the privilege of bearing a token 
so precious to Virginia as the remains of James Monroe, and which 
enabled them to testify their admiration for his character and the 
virtues which made him illustrious, as well as the love and regard 
they entertain for the State which gave liim birth. 

We knew the citizens of Virginia would be sensible of the compli- 
ment intended, and that we could rely upon their sympathy. We 
knew the proverbial hospitality of her people ; but with all our 
knowledge we were not prepared for a kindness so diffused, for at- 
tentions so universal, for offerings so freely laid before us. 

Virginia gathered fresh laurels ; while the cordial greetings of 
friends from distant States were cemented by an everlasting remem- 
brance. 

We can not express by words the gratification of the Regiment 
with their visit ; but we can with the utmost sincerity assure you 
that we shall never forget the city of Richmond and tlie names of 
all those who acted as the representatives of her hospitality. 

Receive, Mr. Mayor, our personal regard, and believe us, with 
great respect, 

Your obedient servants, 

Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col., 

H. C. Shumway, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., 

J. Monroe, Capt., 

Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



To Major Wm. H. French, United States Artillery, Baltimore, Md. 

New- York, July, 1858. 

Sir : The Seventh Regiment National Guard, by resolution of their 
Board of Officers, have instructed us to convey to yourself and offi- 
cers of the corps, the thanks of the Regiment for the honor conferred 
in giving us a military escort through the city of Baltimore, on our 
return from the South. We feel the more sensible of the distinction, 
because we do not belong to tlie regularly constituted military arm 
of Government, and your courtesy was as unexpected as it was gra- 
tifying and appreciated. 

Your magnificent Battery was the admiration of all, and the 
promptness and celerity of its movements showed full well the hand 
of the soldier in its direction. 



250 REMOVAL OF THE REJIAINS 

Of the many pleasing incidents of our journey, there was scarcely 
one which gave us so much real satisfaction, as the parading of your 
Battery for our honor. 

Be assured of the kind recollection in which the Regiment will 
hold the name of yourself and officers, and that we shall at all times 
be ready to give jou a soldier's welcome, upon a visit to our city. 

Marshall Lefferts, Lieut. -Col., 

H. C. SiiuMWAY, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., 

J. Monroe, Capt., 

Rev. J. H. Westox, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



To Capt. Peter Lyle, National Guard, City of Philadelphia, Pa. 

New-York, July, 1858. 
Sir : By resolution of the Board of Officers of the Seventh Regi- 
ment National Guard, we are directed to convey to yourself and 
command, the kind remembrance the Regiment entertain of your 
free and bountiful offers as we passed through your beautiful city, 
on our way home from Richmond. 

It will ever be a cause of regret that circumstances deprived us 
of at least a few hours' social intercourse with a corps so well known 
to us by reputation, drawn closer to us by having the same distinct- 
ive name as ourselves, and now endeared to us by that frank and 
cordial welcome, as unexpected by us as it was generous and noble 
on j'our part. 

It was necessary that we should arrive in New-York that evening, 
and we were informed that we should have no time to spare if we 
wished to take the train. It was this necessity which compelled us 
to decline your hospitality. Although we were together but a very 
short time, yet friendships were established, and the interchange of 
social greetings have made their lasting impressions. 

Could we combine the varied expressions of the rank and file of 
our Regiment, and thus convey their sentiments of esteem and regard, 
you would be satisfied, but it can not be expressed in words. We 
can prove it 'bj our intercourse and by a soldier's welcome, should 
you individually or collectively join hands with us in New- York. 
Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col., 
H. C. Shumway, Capt., Committee 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., \- of 

J. Monroe, Capt., Board of Officers. 

Rev. J. IT. Weston, Chaplain, 



OF JAMES MONROE. "iol 



To Richard Wallach, Esq., Washington, D. C. 

New-YoKk, July, 1858. 
Sir : We are directed by resolution of the Board of Officers of the 
Seventh Regiment to convey to you their appreciation of your lib- 
eral and generous conduct during their stay in your city. 

It is not too much for us to say that your prompt and liberal offer 
to place at our disposal your excellent steamers for our journey to 
Mount Vernon had much to do with our decision in paying a visit 
to the Capitol of our country, and we sensibly acknowledge our 
indebtedness to you for much that made that visit pleasant, and 
happy, and agreeable. The Regiment will never forget the few mo- 
ments they spent at the grave of Washington, and can not well efface 
the part you acted, so quiet and unobtrusive, yet so generous and 
kind, in putting us down upon the spot without hire and without 
price. 

The mention of your name will always command attention in the 
ranks, and a hearty welcome on all occasions whenever we meet. 
Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col., 
H. C. Shtjmwat, Capt., Committee 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., V of 

J. Monroe, Capt., I Board of Officers. 

Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, J 

To Capt. Lowber, Steamer Ericsson. 

New- York, July, 1858. 

Dear Sir : The Seventh Regiment National Guard have, by their 
Board of Officers, directed us to convey to you the sentiments they 
entertain for your abilities as a commander, and your untiring efforts 
to perform your duties, while we were on board your vessel, with 
fidelity to the owners, and satisfaction to your guests. On our recent 
trip to Richmond and Washington, there were unfortunate circum- 
stances calculated to irritate and mar the pleasure of the journey, but 
the kind and careful consideration which you gave to every act, your 
unwearied efforts for our comfort and pleasure, and the uniform and 
gentlemanly manner which marked your intercourse, made you a 
host of warm and lasting friends. 

Notwithstanding the vexatious delays, caused by the fault of the 
pilot, not one word of dissatisfaction was expressed as to yourself or 
the beautiful vessel which vou command: on the contrary, the very 



252 REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS 

troubles alluded to, excited our sympathy, while your frank and open 
intercourse secured our esteem and respect. 

Be assured of the truth of these declarations, for we should feel 
that our humble efforts in expressing, in part, the sentiments of the 
Regiment were indeed of little consequence, if they were to be re- 
ceived by you as mere formal thanks, or idle compliments. 

You will always receive a hearty welcome from the National 
Guard of New-York, and you have their united wishes for a pros- 
perous and happy voyage o'er life's troubled seas, and an anchorage 
up.iu the golden sands of eternity. 

Marshall Lefferts, Lieut. -Col., 

H. C. Shumway, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt. 

J. MoNTioE, Capt., 

Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



To Messrs. P. & M. Brown, Washington, D. C. 

New- York, July, 1858. 

Gentlemen : The undersigned, having been directed by resolution 
of the Board of Officers to make suitable acknowledgments on be- 
half of the Regiment, for the many acts of courtesy and kindness 
extended to us on the occasion of our late visit to Richmond and 
Washington, find it a most difficult duty to convey in any adequate 
sense the deep impressions that have been made upon our hearts by 
the warm and varied hospitalities extended to us at every point, and 
by all with whom we came in contact — each vying with the other, 
to treat us more like brothers than strangers from a distant State. 

But, among all the acts of kindness shown us, none has afforded 
us greater pleasure, and at the same time proved so difficult of ac- 
knowledgment, as your own munificent hospitality, in quartering at 
your splendid house, without charge, nearly one lialf of the Regi- 
ment, free from all restraint, and providing for all their wants with 
a liberality as unequalled as it was unexpected. 

As often as we shall recur to the pleasures of our trip and the acts 
of hospitality every where extended to us, none will have left deep- 
er impressions than your own, and each one of us will feel but too 
happy in an opportunity of personally testifying our appreciation of 
them. 

That the largest measure of liappiness and success may be in store 



OF JAMES MONROE. 



253 



for you, is the sincere wish of every officer and member of the Na 
tional Guard. 

Yours truly, 

Marshall Leffekts, Lieut.-CoL, 

H. C. Shumwat, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., 

J. Monroe, Capt., 

Rev. J. II. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



To Major Joseph P. Warner, City Guard of Baltimore. 

New-York, July, 1858. 
Sir : The Seventh Regiment National Guard desire to return you 
their sincere thanks for military courtesies during our passage 
through your city, upon a recent visit South. For this purpose the 
Board of Officers have by resolution directed us to convey to your- 
self and to your command the obligations they feel for the kind 
attentions shown us upon the occasion alluded to. 

We feel very sorry that the heat of the day, in connection with 
our previous fatigue, and the short time allowed us to reach the cars 
at the next depot, prevented us from accepting more generally of 
your proffered hospitality. 

We had hoped to be able, when leaving New-York, not only to 
visit your city, but to mingle with you in social intercourse. 

Time was not allowed us to become personally acquainted, but the 
soldier's welcome, which you gave us, will be retained with pleasant 
recollections. 

Marshall Lefferts, Lieut.-Col., 

H. C. Shumway, Capt., 

B. M. Nevers, Capt., 

J. Monroe, Capt., 

Rev. J. H. Weston, Chaplain, 



Committee 

of 

Board of Officers. 



CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



^^v^nth l^cghucnt, §[ivtionaI C>wuv(l 



PKEPARED liY 



HXJJDSOISr G. -V^OLFE, 3d Co., IvT. G. 



ORIGIN OF ITS ORGANIZATIOlSr. 

1824. — Augicst I6th. On the reception of the Mar- 
quis De La Fayette on his arrival in this country, the 
New- York Division of State Artillery paraded in honor 
of that illustrious patriot. As that celebrated Com- 
mander of the National Guard of Paris had just passed 
the Eleventh Regiment, a group of officers collected to- 
gether, and with eager eyes followed the distinguished 
General in his review down the line, Tlie long and pro- 
tracted silence Avas broken by Major John D. Wilson, one 
of the party, observing : " How I woiild like to command 
a Regiment of National Guards." (Just previous to Gen. 
La Fayette's reviewing the Regiment, j^ropositions w^eve 
made by Captains Hawley, Telfair, Curtis, and Simons, 
who commanded the four Infantry Comjianies of the 
Eleventh Regiment, and L. W. Stevens, who commanded 
an Artillery corps of the same Regiment, to organize a 
Battalion of Infantry, composed of six companies.) The 
remark was electric ; Capt. Stevens then proposed the 
organization of a Regiment, and made propositions to O. 
M. Lownds, Esq., an influential citizen, who at tliat mo- 
ment joined tlie party, that each should raise a Company 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 255 

and attach tliem to the four Companies ah-cady organized, 
and constitute a portion of the proposed Regiment, and 
to give it the name of National Guard. The proposition 
meeting with the hearty concurrence of Captains Haw- 
ley, Telfair, Curtis, and Simons, and with the active coop- 
eration of Major John D. Wilson, one of the leading 
spirits in this movement, may be dated the origin of this 
celebrated corps. 

December 25th. Captain Lownds, with his company, 
was admitted into the battalion as the Fifth Company 
National Guard. 

December 21th. Captain Stevens was ordered to as- 
sume command of the Sixth Company, which was organ- 
ized and made up by the transfer of a portion of the ar- 
tillery company which he commanded in the Eleventh 
Regiment. The Eleventh Regiment was organized as 
artillei-y and infantry, and designated as the First and 
Second Battalions. The National Guard were known as 
the Second Battalion. 

To the above-named gentlemen must be awarded the 
honor and credit of having called into existence a corps 
which reflects upon them the enviable distinction as 
founders of this distinguished Regiment, which has al- 
ways maintained its supremacy, and attracted the atten- 
tion and admiration of the country for its discipline no 
less than for its support of law and order under many 
circumstances of the most trying nature. 

1825. — June 21th. The order of the Commander-in- 
Chief, Governor De Witt Clinton, was issued for the con- 
sohdation of the battalion wdth the infantry companies 
of the Second Regiment, consisting of two companies — 
the La Fayette and Clinton Guard. 

July. Prosper M. Wetmore was elected Major — the 
first field officer of the Battalion of National Guard. 

September 25th. A Company, mider Captain Van Bu- 
ren, was admitted as the Seventh Company. 

October I8fh. Prosper M. AVetmore was promoted to 



256 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIME^TT. 

the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, and Captain Stevens to tho 
Majority. 

1826. — The Commander-in-Chief ordered the battahon 
to be organized into a new regiment, and to be known 
as the Twenty Seventh Regiment N.Y.S. Artillery. 

March 'Id. The gray uniform was adopted by the 
Regiment. On this day, while on drill, Sergeant Asher 
Taylor, of the Fourth Company, received the thanks of 
the officers of the Regiment for designing a coat-of-arms 
and. sketching suitable designs for the colors of the Regi- 
ment, which were unanimously adopted. 

April 5th. The first By-Laws of the regiment were 
adopted by the Board of Officers. 

May. The Eighth Company was organized, and An- 
drew Warner elected Captain. 

July 23d. Lieut.-Colonel Wetmore was promoted to 
the rank of Colonel, and Major Stevens to Lieut.-Colonel. 

October. The Regiment was inspected for the first 
time, and 277 men appeared on parade. Total strength 
437 men. 

1827. — April. Lieut.-Colonel Stevens was promoted to 
the rank of Colonel, vice Wetmore resigned. Major 
Manning to Lieut.-Colonel, and Cajitain Boyd to that of 
Major. 

October. By order of the Commanding Officer, the 
Eighth Company was disbanded, in consequence of the 
paucity of its numerical force, and not meeting the re- 
quirements of the laws then in existence. 

October 27th. The Regiment inspected — 276 men. 

1828. — June 1 9th. A new Eighth Company was organ- 
ized, under the command of Captain John H. Brower. 

July Sd. The Philadelphia Grays visited New- York. 
They were received by, and became the guests of, the 
National Guard. They also participated with them in 
celebrating Independence Day on the 4th. 

July. Colonel Stevens resigned, and Lieut.-Colonel 
Manning was |>roinotod to tlio rank of Colonel, Captain 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 257 

Hart to that of Lieut. Colonel, while Boyd still retained 
the post of Major. 

Septtmher^ Colonel Manning resigned, and Lieut.-Col- 
onel Hart was j^romoted to the rank of Colonel. 

1830. — January. Colonel Hart resigned, 

January Ibth. L. W. Stevens was reelected Colonel. 

March 2 2d George Dixey was elected Lieut.-Colonel, 
but declined serving, while Morgan L. Smith was elected 
Major, shortly afterwards promoted Lieut.-Colonel, and 
John M. Catlin was elected Major. 

1831. — July 2d. The Regiment made an excursion to 
Poughkeepsie, (which was its first,) and returned July 
5th. The Rendezvous was called Camp CUnton. 

July 1th. The Regiment paraded to attend the fune- 
ral obsequies of Ex-President Monroe, doing escort duty 
on that occasion. 

In the autumn the Regiment was inspected, and paraded 
411 men, while the total strength was 592. 

1832. — February 1th. A splendid medal was presented 
by the Regiment to General La Fayette. 

This medal was committed to the care of James Fen- 
imore Cooper, Esq., then American Consul at Lyons, 
with suitable communications, requesting that he would 
present it in such a manner, and at such a time, as he 
should deem proper. It was also accompanied by the 
annexed letter to the General, written by a committee 
in behalf of the corps : 

General: The National Guard of the city of New-York, a corps 
of citizen-soldiers, have the honor to present for your acceptance the 
accompanying token of the sentiments entertained by the sons of 
liberty in America for the dauntless champion of that sacred cause, 
whose distinguished services in three revolutions, and whose untiring 
exertions in behalf of the oppressed and enslaved of every nation, 
have raised for the hero, " motmmetitian cere peremiius." 

With a fervent prayer for your liealth and happiness, we are. 

General, your obedient servants, 

L. "W. Stevens, Colonel. 
M. L. Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel. 
To General Lafayette. J. M. Catltn, Major. 




258 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

. In reply to the annexed, the following letters were re- 
ceived : 

Paris, November, 22d, 1832. 

Gentlemen : I did not get the medal yon intrusted to my care, in 
order to be delivered to General Lafayette, until the middle of 
October, in consequence of a long absence from Paris. At my re- 
turn, General Lafayette was out of town, and no opportunity offered 
to acquit myself of tlie trust until quite lately. 

Yesterday I gave a dinner to General Lafayette at my own house, 
and in the evening we had a meeting of friends, chosen from among 
the different nations of Europe, of which this city has always an 
ample representation. It struck me this expedient was the best I 
could devise to meet your wishes. 

In the course of the evening I presented your letter, resolutions, 
etc., with the medal, and explained the object of all in a short ad- 
dress. I have tlie pleasure to inclose the answer of General Lafay- 
ette with this letter. 

Among the guests were Lieutenant-General Compte Tac, a distin- 
guished Polish patriot; Lieutenant-General Sir John Vanderleur, of 
the British army; Brigadier-General "Wool, Captain Finch, and se- 
veral other officers of our own service. All our own officers ap-" 
peared in uniform, in compliment to the occasion. Several distin- 
guished civilians, and many ladies, were witnesses of your intentions. 
Mr. Bernet and Mr. C. Barnet, the Consuls at Paris and Venice, had 
great pleasure in attending. 

Demonstrations of attachment, and of adherence to his principles, 
are, at all times, peculiarly grateful to General Lafayette, when 
coming from America. He considers liimself a disei2)le of our school, 
and justly believes that he wishes no more for France than can be 
accomplished by imitation, with such modifications as prudence 
would dictate, oa our institutions. Your own offering has been 
happily timed, for it reached him at a moment when his enemies 
are the loudest and most vindictive in their attacks. You will 
permit me to express the satisfaction I have had in being chosen 
as the organ of your feelings on this occasion. It has given me 
an opportunity of proving that I do not altogether misrepresent 
American sentiment when I affirm its attachment to Lafayette, 
and may by implication help to sustain me in what I say of 
American institutions. This expression may cause you surprise, 
gentlemen, but I feel persuaded, that did the American people 
rightly understand the doctrines that have been extensively circu- 
lated in Europe of late, and under the sanction of their authority. 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 259 

they xroiilJ issue a rebuke that would full}' vindicate their majesty 
as well as tlieir principles. 

I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 

J. Fenimore Cooper. 
To Messrs. L. W. Stevens, 
M. L. Smith, 
J. M. Catlin. 

Paris, November — , 1832. 

Gentlemen : The precious specimen of American produce and 
American industry, which, in the name of the National Guard of 
New-York, and by a unanimous vote of the Twenty-seventh Regi 
ment State Artillery, have been pleased to offer to an American 
veteran, is a new testimony of that persevering affection of which 
it has been, during near sixty years, the pride and delight of my 
life, to be the happy object. The only merit on my part which it 
does not exceed is to be found in the warmth of my gratitude, and 
the patriotic devotion that binds to the United States the loving 
heart of an adopted son. 

The honor which the gift and devices of the beautiful medal have 
conferred upon me is still enhanced by its connection with the hun- 
dredth anniversary birthday of our great and matchless Washing- 
ton, of whom it is the most gratifying circumstance of ray life to 
have been the beloved and faithful disciple, in no point more than 
in his fond hope of a perpetual union between the States of the 
Confederacy— an union which, as it has been the cherished object 
of his last recommendation to his fellow-citizens, and the wish of his 
last breath, so it shall be to the last breath of every one of us who 
had the happiness to fight and bleed for American independence and 
freedom. 

I beg you, gentlemen, to convey to the kind donators the expres- 
sion of my profound affectionate gratitude and respect, and to re- 
ceive for yourselves the particular acknowledgments of your most 

sincere and obliged friend, 

Lafayette. 

To Colonel L. W. Stevens, 

Lieutenant-Colonel M. L. Smith, 

Major J. M. Catlin. 

June 2%th. The Regiment, Colonel Stevens command- 
iug, went on an encampment excursion to New-Haven, 
Their place of rendezvous was called Camp Putnam. 



260 HISTORY OF TUE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

In the autumn tlie Regiment was inspected, when it 
paraded 435 men. Total strength 555 men. 

The Sixth Company withdrew from the Regiment, 
owing to some difficulty caused by Captain Postly. 

The Regiment inspected in the fall, and paraded 397 
men. Total strength 532. 

1834. — In consequence of the withdrawal of the Sixth 
Company, it was reorganized and admitted 1 1th February, 
the Fourth Company generously contributing over thirty 
men to make up this command, 

July. The Regiment went into camp at Camp Hamil- 
ton, on Hamilton-Square, where they remained 7 days. 

July. Regiment was ordered out to quell the so-called 
" Nigo-er Riot." Over 300 men reported themselves for 
(hity — were under arms two days, Col. Stevens com- 
manding. 

1835. — January. Colonel Stevens resigned, and Lieut.- 
Colonel Morgan Smith was promoted to the rank of 
Colonel, Major Catlin to Lieut.-Colonel, and Captain 
Roome to the office of Major. 

^837. — Ajyril. Colonel Smith and Major Roome re- 
signed. 

JSTovemher. Lieut.-Colonel Catlin was promoted to 
Colonel, Captain Jones to Lieut.-Colonel, and Captain 
Burt to Major. 

1838. — March. The National Guard Troop was ad- 
mitted into the Regiment. 

1839. — February. Major Burt resigned, 

March. Captain Edward T, Backhouse was elected 
Major, 

July 1st. Regiment went into garrison duty at Fort 
Hamilton, On the 2d, the Regiment returned to the city 
to parade and receive the President of the United States, 
Mr, Van Buren, then on a visit to this city, and returned 
to the Fort same day : remained there until the 6th, 
when they came back to the city. 



HISTOKV OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, 261 

September Uh. Colonel Catlin resigned. 

October 1st. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Jones was promoted 
Colonel, vice Catlin resigned, 

November I4th. Major E. T, Backhouse was elected 
Lieut.-Colonel, vice Jones promoted, 

1 840, — February. Captain W.R. Vermilye was elected 
Major, vice Backhouse promoted. 

1841. — July. The Regiment received and entertained 
the Boston Hancock Light Infantry. 

1843. — June 11 th. Five Companies went to Boston to 
unite in celebrating Bunker Hill monument under Major 
Vermilye. 

July. Major Vermilye promoted to Lieut.-Colonel 
vice Backhouse resigned. 

July. Captain Geo. G. Waters promoted to Major, 
vice Vermilye promoted. 

1 844. — Aiyril. Lieut.-Colonel Vermilye promoted Col- 
onel, vice Jones resigned, and Major Waters promoted 
to the Lieut.-Colonelcy. 

July. Captain Andrew A, Bremner was elected Major, 
vice Waters promoted, 

1845, — May. Lieut,-Colonel Waters resigned. 

June Sd. Major Bremner was promoted to fill the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieut.-Colonel 
Waters. 

July. Regiment went into Camp Schuyler ; at Albany 
remained one week. 

August. Colonel Vermilye resigned. 

September 22c?, Captain Duryee was elected Major, 

November. Lieut,-Colonel Bremner was elected Colo- 
nel, vice Vermilye resigned, 

November 2ith. Major Duryee was elected Lieut,- 
Colonel, vice Bremner, promoted, 

July 21th. By orders from Commander-in-Chief, the 
regimental number was changed fi'om 27th to 1i\\ Regi- 
ment. 



262 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH KEGIMEMT. 

December. Adjutant Divver was elected Major. 

1847. — 3Iay. Major Divver resigned, 

1848. — February 2d. A. B. Brinckerhoff, formerly 
Captain of the N. G. Troop, was tendered the office of 
Major, in place of Major Divver, resigned, which he ac- 
cepted. 

October. Colonel Bremner resigned. 

1849. — January 29th. Lieut. Col. Duryee was elected 
Colonel, vice Bremner resigned. 

January. Major Brinckerhoif promoted to the Lieut.- 
Colonelcy ; Capt. Morton promoted to Major same time. 

3Lxy 10th. Regiment was called out, and took an 
active part in quelling the riot at Astor-Place. 211 
men reported themselves for duty, of Avhom 141 were 
severely Avounded. 

November 15th and 16th. The Regiment was ordered 
out on special escort duty to the remains of General 
Worth on their arrival in this city from Mexico. 

Mdl. The Regiment inspected 436 men. On account 
of the inclemency of the weather it did not inspect as 
many as they could have done. 

1850. — July 8th. Regiment went on an excursion to 
Newport and Boston, returning on the 10th to this city. 

Jidy 23d. Regiment paraded for the purpose of 
rendering funeral honors to the late Major-General Z. 
Taylor, President United States. 

October 8th. Regiment paraded for the purpose of re- 
ceiving and entertaining the National Lancers of Boston. 
October. Regiment inspected 501 men. 

November. Major Morton resigned. 

1851. — Sjyring. Marshall LeiFerts elected. Major, vice 
Morton resigned. 

May 12th. A stand of colors was presented to the 
regiment by a delegation from Boston, in behalf of the 
National Lancers of that city. 317 men paraded on the 
occasion. 



UISTOJRY OF THE SKVJiNTlI KKGIMENT. 203 

May 13th. Regiment paraded to receive the Presi- 
dent of the United States, Millard Fillmore, Avho Avas on 
a visit to this city to celebrate the opening of the Erie 
Railroad. 

June. Boston Lancers sent to the Colonel a lance for 
each company under his command. 

October. Regiment inspected 516 men. 

December IGth. Regiment paraded and attended an 
address delivered to the 1st Division at Castle Garden by 
Ex-Governor Kossuth. 

1852. — January. Regiment was ordered, in compli- 
ance with brigade orders, to assemble, to hold themselves 
in readiness to assist the city authorities in quelling any 
attempt at riot, as it was anticipated there would be a 
disturbance upon the debut of Mrs. Forrest at Brougham's 
Lyceum, (now Wallack's Theatre.) The dilFerent Com- 
panies turned out very strong. 

February 22d. Regiment went to Governor's Island 
for drill purposes. Were received and reviewed by Col. 
Gardner and staff, U. S. Army. 

3Iay. Lieut.-Col. Brinckerhoff resigned. 

May. Regiment went to Hoboken, N. J., for drill 
purposes. 

June — . Major Lefferts was promoted Lieutenant- 
Colonel, vice Brinckerhoff resigned. 

July 5th. Regiment went into camp at New-Haven. 
The place of rendezvous was called Camp Trumbull. 
Returned on the 11th to this city. 

July 20th. Regiment paraded for the purpose of 
rendering funeral honors to the late lamented Henry 
Clay. 

October. Regiment inspected 519 men. Same day 
of inspection, and while the Regiment was in line in 
Lafayette Place, it was announced that the resignation 
of the Colonel, which had been previously tendered, 
had been by request withdrawn, and that he would 
remain, which gave great satisfaction to the rank and file. 



264 lllSTOltY OF THE SEVENTH KKGIMENT. 

November IGt/i. Regiment paraded for the purpose 
of rendering funeral honors to the late lamented Daniel 
\Yebstei-. 

1853. — Jidy. Regiment paraded to participate in the 
reception of His Excellency Franklin Pierce, President 
United States, and also to participate in the ceremonies 
of the inauguration of the Crystal Palace. 

October. Regiment inspected 594 men. 

November. Miss Mary Divver, daughter of the late 
Adjutant of the Regiment, deceased, was adopted by the 
Regiment. 

1854. — October. Regiment j^araded for drill purposes 
at East New- York, returning same day. 

October. Regiment inspected 637 men. 

1855. — 3Iarch 11th. St. Patrick's, day Regiment was 
ordered to hold itself in readiness to put down an antici- 
pated riot between Irish and Americans. Nearly every 
man belonging to the Regiment reported himself for 
duty. 

(Time 4:th. Regiment went to East New-York for drill 
and parade, returning same day. 

J'uli/ 9th. Regiment went into camp at Kingston, 
N. Y. ; their place of rendezvous was called " Camp 
Worth." Returned to this city on the 15th. 

October. Regiment inspected 659 men. 

185Q.— May lOfh. Edgar M. Crawford of 3d Com- 
pany was elected Major, vice Lefferts promoted. 

Mai/ I2th. Regiment went to East New- York for 
drill and parade, returning same day. 

October. Regiment inspected 663 men. 

October 16th. National Grays of Kingston visited this 
city, and became the guests of the Regiment. 

1857. — tTufie IQth. Regiment proceeded to Boston to 
participate in the inauguration of the Warren Monument 
on the l7th ; returning on the 19tl). 

tTtcly 5th. Regiment was called out by the Major-Gen- 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 265 

eral to suppress the " Dead Rabbit" riot ; 500 men re- 
ported themselves for duty. They remained at the City 
Arsenal from four o'clock P.M. to four o'clock A.M. 6th. 

September Id. Regiment drilled for first time in 
Duryee's street firing and fighting. 

September 14th. Regiment was detailed as a Guard of 
Honor to the City Authorities to celebrate the anniversary 
of the capture of the City of Mexico. 

October. Regiment inspected 853 men ; total strength, 
990. 

October 2d. Regiment, with the 3d Brigade, went to 
Newark, N, J,, for drill and parade. 

November 2^th. Regiment paraded upon the occasion 
of the removal of the remains of the late lamented Major 
General AYorth from Greenwood Cemetry to Bi'oadway 
and Fifth Avenue. 

1858. — March Qth. Regiment was detailed as guard 
of honor to the remains of the late Commodore Perry, 
U. S. Navy, whose funeral obsequies took place this day. 

Jime. Boston Light Infantry visited this city. "Was 
received by a detachment of the Regiment, sixteen mren 
from each Company being detailed for that pnrpose in 
conjunction with the New- York Light Guard, Brevet 
Colonel Henry C. Shumway commanding. 

'Tidy 3d. Regiment tendered their services as Guard 
of Honor to the remains of late President Monroe, which 
were removed from New- York to Richmond, Ya. Two 
men from each company were detailed as guai'd to the re- 
mains on board the steamer Jamestown, and the Regiment 
then proceeded on board steamer Ericsson, chartered to 
convey them to Richmond. Left the dock at twelve 
o'clock M. 

5th. Arrived at Richmond at eleven o'clock A.M. 

"Were received by the 1st Regiment Virginia Yolunteers. 

Marched to Hollywood burial ground ; from thence to 

"Warwick Mills, and partook of a collation given by the 

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266 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMEXT. 

city autliorities and the military of Richmond; from 
thence to Capitol Square, where the Regiment was dis- 
jnissed. 

Uh. At ten o'clock A.M. the Regiment was reviewed by 
Governor Wise and staif on Capitol Square, before a vei-y 
large concourse of people. At seven o'clock P.M., Regi- 
ment was reviewed by Mayor Mayo and city authori- 
ties, after which they marched to Rockets, took steamer 
Glen Cove for steamer Ericsson sixty miles below 
Richmond, for Washington. 

^th. At six o'clock P.M., 3d, 6th, and 8tli companies 
were taken oiF the steamer, which was aground, by the 
steamer Thomas Collyer, and j)roceeded to Washing- 
ton; arriving there at ten o'clock P.M., Avere quartered 
at the National Hotel. Same evening the 1st, 2d, 4th, 
5th and 7th companies were take« off by the steamer 
Mount Vernon, and arrived at Washington at five 
o'clock, next morning, quartering at Brown's Hotel. 

July 9th. At eleven o'clock A.M., Regiment was re 
viewed in front of the Presidential mansion by His Ex- 
cellency the President of the United States, James Bu- 
chanan and his Cabinet, also several distinguished officers 
of the United States ai-my. The members of the Regi- 
ment were also introduced to the President and his Cabi- 
net in the mansion. At four o'clock P.M., Regiment 
went to Mount Vernon, and visited the tomb of Wash- 
ington. Returning to the city at nine o'clock P.M., 
were dismissed. 

10th. Regiment took cars for Baltimore at eiccht 
o'clock A.M.; were received by the city authorities. 
City Guard, and a company of United States Artillery, 
commanded by Major W. 11. Frencli, United States 
Army ; marched through Baltimore to Philadelphia 
depot ; arrived at Philadelphia at four o'clock P.M. ; 
were received by the Philadelphia National Guard ; 
rode through Philadelphia to Camden and Amboy Rail- 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 2G7 

road ; took cars at Camden at five o'clock for New-York ; 
took steamer Transport at Perth Amboy. 

\lth. Arrived at New- York at half-,past one o'clock 
A.M. ; -were received by the 71st Regiment, "American 
Guard," City Guard, and National Guard Battalion, a 
detachment of the Vth Regiment. Marched up Broad- 
way to Lafayette Hall, when Regiment was dismissed. 

\2th. The Remains of Mr. Laurens Hamilton, a mem- 
member of Company 6, National Guard, were brought 
to this city by a detachment of the 1st Regiment Vir- 
ginia Volunteers, and Avere received by a committee of 
that Company. His funeral took place next day. 

lith. Company 6 N. G., paraded to escort the Vir- 
ginia Volunteers to the steamer on their departure home. 

August ^\st. The Colonel detailed the 2d company 
N. G., Captain Shaler, to receive the Montreal Field 
Battery Artillery on a visit to this city, who became the 
guests of the Regiment, arriving in this city per steamer 
Francis Skiddy at one o'clock, P.M. 

Septemher \st. Regiment paraded in conjunction with 
the 1st Division N. Y. S. F., to celebrate the successful 
laying of the Atlantic Cable, numbering over 700 men, 
Cfivuiix the rig;ht of line to their Montreal visitors. After 
the parade, the 4th Company, Capt. Riblet, escorted 
them to their quarters, Stevens House. 

September Zd. Colonel of the Regiment detailed the 
7th company N. G. to escort the Montreal company to 
the steamer Commodore on their wav home. 



This account merelj^ gives the most importont events concerning the 
Regiment, not the number of parades. 



268 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIFORM. 

The origin of the imiforui is interesting, from the pecu- 
liar incident Avliich ushered it into notice and led to its 
final adoption. Mr. P. II. Holt, a private of the 4th 
company, was wending his way towards the Regimental 
Parade, fully uniformed, armed, and equipped, excepthig 
the coat, instead of which he wore an exceedingly well- 
sitting gray coat, Avhich was single-breasted, standing 
collar, without folds in the skirts. It Avas his intention 
to stop at his tailor's and get his uniform coat, and leave 
the one just described. Passing along Pearl street, he 
was encountered by Major Wilson and Brigade Major 
P. M. Wetmore, whose attention and admiration was at- 
tracted by the neat appearance of his coat. Young Holt 
was arrested on his way, and underwent a thorougli and 
mmute examination by the two officers. He was marched 
about, faced, turned round, and placed in almost every 
conceivable position, and at length the officers appeared 
satisfied with the inspection, when he was permitted to 
proceed. The officers were much pleased that this little 
incident had presented to them a uniform which embodied 
neatness, durability, and a color bearing an impress of 
nationality, and thus they had found a uniform which 
presented every desirable requisite. The discerning taste 
and judgment which they displayed on that occasion has 
been fully carried out, from the fact that there has been 
no disposition to change it since the organization of tlie 
corps up to the present time. Major Wilson ordered the 
first gray coat to be made, and fully armed and equipped 
as a private, he presented himself to eveiy company, and 
exhibited it for the consideration of the corps. Sergeant 
Asher Taylor of the 4th company, first appeared on pa- 
rade in the new nniform while acting as an aid to the 
Brigade Inspector on the inspection parade of October 
4, 1824. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



OFFICERS 



CF THE 



COLONEL ABRAM DURYEE. 

Colonel Abeam Duryee, commander of the Seventh 
Regiment, National Guard, was born in the city of New- 
York in 1815. He descended from a French Huguenot 
family, who came to America on the revocation of the 
Edict of Nantz by Louis the XIV. of France, in 1685. 

That cruel and arbitrary measure deprived France of 
great numbers of her most useful citizens, whose ser- 
vices became valuable to the countries which received 
them and tolerated their Protestant faith. 

Tlie west and north-west of France supphed a large 
number of refugees, who expatriated themselves, and 
sought new homes in strange lands, rather than sacrifice 
their conscientious religious faith at the tyrannical dicta- 
tion of a despotic king. A people who are willing to suffer 
for a principle of truth and faith, which they conscien- 
tiously cherish, generally possess other noble and elevat- 



270 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH KEGIME.NT. 

ing qualities, that, in the course of time, and under free 
institutions, are sure to be developed. This has been 
strikingly the ease with the self-exiled Huguenots, and 
their descendants. Some went from France to Holland, 
and from thence to this country. Others found a home 
in England ; but still a much larger number came direct 
to the United States. A Colony of them settled in 
Westchester county, New-York, and laid out a town, and 
called it New-Rochelle, after La Rochelle in France. 
Others settled in the city of Xew-York, and quite a num- 
ber settled in Charleston, South-Carolina. 

From these early Huguenot settlers have sprung many 
of the most distinguished men of the United States. 

The New-York Huguenots have supplied the De 
Lanceys, Bayards, Leroys, AUaires, Duryees, and others, 
while those of South-Carolina have supplied the lingers. 
Horres, Marions, Legares, etc. Their services were 
prominently and eminently useful ia our Revolutionary 
struggle, and in our subsequent history, both in the field 
and in the Senate, they have supplied men of distinguish- 
ed ability. 

Their history and services in the United States, if 
written out, would make a large and interesting volume. 

Col, Duryee commenced business, when of a proper 
ac'-e, in New-York, as a merchant, in wliich pursuit, by 
industry and great perseverance, he has succeeded m 
realizing a fortune. 

He commenced his military career as a private in the 
ranks of one of the companies of the National Guard — then 
Twenty-Seventh Regiment — September, 1838, and after 
passing through all the different grades of the non-com- 
missioned officers with distinction, he obtained a second- 
lieutenant's commission on the 21st February, 1840, and 
was promoted on the 4th October, 1841, to the first lieute- 
nancy, and on January 16th, 1844, he Avas elected to the 
post of Captain. And, on the 22d of September, 1845, 



HISTORY OF THE S£VJEXTH KEGIilKNT. 271 

he was elected a field ofticer, with the rank of Major. On 
November 24th, in the same year, he was promoted to 
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and on January 29tli, 
1849, he succeeded to tlie command of the Kegiment, 
with the rank of Colonel. 

Like many eminent men, he has made his mark by his 
skill, perseverance, and untiring energy, and strict atten- 
tion to his duties, until he has ascended from the lowest 
to a high rank as a military commander, and the acknow- 
ledged chief of the first Volunteer Regiment in the coun- 
try. 

The present enviable reputation that the National 
Guard hold, is owing, in a great degree, to his skill and 
exei-tions as a commanding ofiicer. He determined on 
making the Regiment what it is, from the moment he 
arrived at his present position. 

While stern and exacting as a disciplinarian, he is yet 
personally alFable, modest, and kind-hearted in his social 
intercourse. At the head of his Regiment, he is always 
the soldier, but never forgetting the relative position and 
standing of the men under his command. Owing to these 
traits of his character, arises the attachment the members 
of his Regiment ever bear towards him. The proof of 
his decision of character, and to what extent he possesses 
the afiection of the men, was illustrated in that unfortu- 
nate and ever-to-be-remembered bloody riot at the Astor 
Place Opera House, on the occasion of Mr. Macready's 
appearance ; the result of which the public is too fami- 
liar with to bear repetition. When the turmoil was at its 
height, missiles were thrown at his command, and his 
men fell wounded in all directions around him; a shout 
was raised by the law and order party for them to fire, 
as it would be impossible for the military to retain their 
position longer without something of a determined and 
defensive character was done. But still the authorities 
held back, in the hope of being able to restore peace and 



272 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH KEGIMENT. 

quiet without bloodshed. The Culonel, knowing that he 
had no authority to act in the premises, without orders 
from his superiors in command, (Generals Sandtbrd and 
Hall,) Avas observed walking up and down in front of his 
Regiment, encouraging his men ; and while doing so, he 
was struck twice in quick succession, by stones thrown 
from the crowd. His men, observing the imminent 
dantrer he was in, shouted to him to fall in the rear 
of his Regiment ; but instead of this, he renewed his 
eflforts of encouraging his command to be patient until 
he was compelled to fall in the rear by the order 
given by the Sheriff" to fire. Such forbearance, on the 
part of himself and his men, was very praiseworthy, and 
will never be forgotten by those who witnessed the ex- 
citing scene on that remarkable night. He has been on 
duty in all the riots for the last twenty years, and was 
particularly instrumental in subduing the police and 
"Dead Rabbit" riots of July, 185V. He has also com- 
manded his Regiment on two expeditions to Boston, and 
has drilled on the Common of that city with great suc- 
cess, in presence of a large number of distinguished per- 
sons, and thousands of its inhabitants. He was also the 
commanding officer at Camp Trumbull, New-Haven, 
Camp Worth, Kingston, besides quartering his Regi- 
ment one week at Newport, R. I., to which is to be 
added the escort expedition to Richmond, Washington, 
Mount Vernon, and Baltimore, 

The Seventh Regiment bears the name, and deservedly 
too, of being a pattern to its associates in arms, and they 
have exemplified the truth, that the best citizens are the 
best soldiers, and that it is no mark of courage, or indica- 
tion of prowess, to cast aside the courtesies or amenities 
of Ufe. 

To Col. Duryee we may not invidiously ascribe the 
maintenance of that high discipline and gallant bearing 
which so distinguishes the Seventh Regiment above its 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 273 

compeers, and this may be said without detracting in the 
slighest degree from the merits of any officer and soldier 
of his command. The superior iii all cases gives the gen- 
eral tone to his subordinates. 

He is the author of Rules and Regulations for the gov- 
ernment of the Regiment in the field or in quarters ; also 
several treatises on street-firing and street-fighting. The 
latter was adopted by the New- York State Legislature in 
the fixU of 1857, after a Committee of Army and Militia 
officers witnessed the admirable performance of the 
Seventh Regiment on the Fifth Avenue, in the summer 
of that year. 

Col. Duryee adopted Col. Hardee's beautiful Light In- 
fantry tactics in the year of 1855 — and his was the first 
military body that went through any of the exercises 
contained in that work, but owing to the laws for the 
government of the Army and Militia of the United 
States, as then in existence, prevented his adopting it until 
it was recognized and approved by the War Department, 
and in the autumn of 1857, he took it up all together, and 
after a thorough course of drill throughout the winter, he 
invited the author to witness its performance by the 
Seventh Regiment at a Battallion drill at the City Arsenal, 
Fridiiy evening, March 1 9th,l 85 8. The room was crowded 
with a large number of ladies and gentlemen, (benches 
being erected for their accommodation,) and where might 
have been seen the beautiful uniforms of our Army and 
Xavy officers, and the familiar faces of some of our most 
distinguished citizens. After the marching Avas over, 
which consisted in the " right about," flanking, filing 
into line, and counter-marching, the Colonel ordered his 
Regiment to prepare for review. Col. Hardee, accom- 
panied by other officers and staff of the Regiment, went 
through a thorough inspection of the command, after 
which Col. H. took up his position beside Col. D. ; the 
latter then w^ent through the manual with his command. 
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274 ■ HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 

The precision with which the Regiment Avent through the 
different movements of loading and firing, and the steadi- 
ness of the men, drew forth tremendous applause from 
the spectators present. Col, H. was mucli surprised, and 
expressed astonishment at the result. He turned to some 
officers beside Mm and remarked, that never had he wit- 
nessed a performance by any military body, in or out of 
the Army, Avhich surpassed it. At the conclusion, the 
Regiment was greeted with deafening applause. 

LIEUT.-COL. MARSHALL LEFFERTS. 

Col. Marshall Lefferts was born on Long Island, New- 
York, in 1825, beinof of German descent on his father's 
side, his mother beuig the daughter of Judge Cozine, of 
the Supreme Court, a cotemporary and personal friend 
of Hamilton, Burr, and others, who were distinguished 
in the history of their country. The Judge lived and 
died at the corner of Beekman and Gold streets, then the 
upper part of the city. Many of his family relatives con- 
tinue to reside in the neighborhood of his birth, where 
several of the name have held prominent positions as 
members of society. 

He early engaged in commercial pursuits, in which he 
displayed unusual tact and energy of character, having 
conducted an extensive and successful business. 

He commenced his military career in Gen. Hall's staff 
in 1847, and was made Brigade Quarter-Master in 1848. 
In 1850, he entered the Eighth Company National Guard 
as a private, and was elected to the post of Major in the 
spring of 1851. His promotion Avas rajnd, and in June, 
1 852, he was elected to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 
Regiment, and has served with skill and abiUty in that 
honorable rank ever shice. 

The foithful discharge of his duties has been such as 
to elicit expressions of satisfaction from his men and from 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT'. 275 

his brother officers. This was manifested in the fact of 
his receiving the unanimous votes which elected and gave 
him promotion, a result by no means common in the his- 
tory of military affairs. 

The promptness and tact which he displayed in his 
business were brought to bear in the discharge of his 
military duties, and with a success freely acknowledged 
by the rank and file of the Regiment. 

Col. Leiferts' name has frequently appeared in works 
of public character, and especially in those plans which 
had for their aim the application of science and art to 
the practical relations of life. 

As a member of the Chamber of Commerce, his reports 
and arguments in favor of the extension of the decimal 
system to the weights and measures of the United States 
elicited much attention. This subject still engages his 
attention, and he is endeavoring to bring about this de- 
sirable result which would prove of immense benefit to 
the whole country. 

Col. Lefferts is also an active member of the Geograph- 
ical and Statistical Society, and likewise of the New- 
Yord Historical Society. He took an active and leading 
interest in the extension and working of the electric 
telegraph. In the comparative infancy of the system, 
when its use threatened to become an exclusive and op- 
pressive monopoly, to the great injury of trade and to 
the press, as well as to the public at large, he boldly en- 
tered the field as the friend and promoter of a new and 
valuable mode of electrical telegraphing, discovered by 
Mr. Bain, and known as the chemical telegraph. 

In 1849, he was joined by a prominent gentleman of a 
leading commercial firm in this city, in organizing a com- 
pany and in building a telegraph line between New-York 
and Boston. This line was so Avell built, and was so well 
managed, as soon to win the confidence of the public, of 
merchants, and of the press. It broke the incubus of 



276 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH KEGIMENT. 

monopoly between two leading cities, and reduced the 
expenses of communication so much, as to widely enlarge 
the benefits of the telegraph to the people. His labors 
at that i^eriod, when capitalists shrunk from pccuniaiy in- 
vestments in such works, and when experience in their 
management was limited, were bold and valuable. At 
the present time, when celebrations are being held all 
over the country in honor of the saccessful laying of the 
Atlantic cable, his services can be referred to with plea- 
sure. 

He also caused the character and nature of telegraphs 
to be better understood by the people, by his reports and 
pamphlets which he published on the subject. Many facts 
which they developed were subsequently drawn up by 
others, when writing historical sketches of the telegraph. 

Upon retiring from the Pi-esidency of the company 
referred to, which he had filled for three or four years 
with distinguished success, and declining all remuneration 
for his services, he was presented with a beautiful service 
of plate at a public dinner, Avith which he was honored at 
the City Hotel. The associated press of New-York (the 
only instance of the kind) joined with the company in 
getting up the presentation of plate to the Colonel, in 
testimony of their regard for his valuable services in the 
cause of telegraph extension. 

Col. Lefierts also took an active interest in bringing 
about the new Tompkins Market building, the upper part 
of which is to be used for a drill-room for the National 
Guard. With the ofiicers of the Regiment, he also took 
a lively interest in behalf of the late visit of the National 
Guard to Kichmond, in honor of the translation of Mr. 
jNIonroe's remains. 

The Colonel stands high in his Regiment, and has had 
no small share in contributing towards its advancement. 
He is yet comparatively young, ardent and energetic in his 
movements, and promises to give the public many more 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 2T7 

years of active usefulness. In his manner lie is social, 
kind, sincere, and of a liberal, benevolent, and enterpris- 
ing spirit. 

MAJOR E. M. CRAWFORD. 

Seventh Begiment National Guard. 

The above-named gentleman was born in Westchester 
county, New- York, 16th February, 1821 ; is in the 
wholesale tobacco business in this city. 

Major Crawford commenced his military career as a 
private in the Third Company National Guard, Septem- 
l>er, 1845, and for his strict attention to his duties and 
good soldiership was promoted to the First Lieutenancy 
March, 1846; and on the resignation of Captain Henry 
R. Mount was offered the command, but declined the 
honor ; but acted in the capacity of Captain nearly two 
years, and until the installation of Captain James Price 
to the command. He was elected to the Majority in May, 
1 856, and, in consequence, resigned his commission as Lieu- 
tenant in the Company ; and was, by an unanimous vote, 
elected an honorary member, and is still on the Company's 
Roll as such. 

He is very popular and a very valuable acquisition to 
the Seventh Regiment. 

ADJUTANT WILLIAM A. POND. 

Seventh Regiment National Guard. 

Adjutant Pond was born in Albany, New- York, 6th of 
October, 1824 ; is a merchant, and of the firm of Firth, 
Pond & Co. He came to this city when at eight years 
of age, and has been a resident ever since. 

In the autumn of 1841 he joined one of our mili- 
tary corps as a private, and after being promoted 
through all the different grades of non-commissioned and 
commissioned officers up to Captain, he made application 



278 HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH EEGIMEXT. 

to the Second Company National Guard to be admitted 
as a private, which request was granted in the fall of 
1847. During the drill season of 1848 he Avas appointed 
Drill Master, or instructor of that Company. And on 
the 5th of April, 1849, he was elected commanding officer 
of said Company. This post he retained for about one 
year, when he resigned and returned to the ranks. 

On the 4th of July, 1852, the Regiment went 
into camp at New-Haven, and being at tliat time 
without an Adjutant, the Colonel called upon him 
to act in that capacity. On the day the Regiment re- 
turned to New-York, the 10th of July, the Colonel handed 
him his commission as Adjutant, having sent to head- 
quarters for it during the stay of the Regiment in camp, 
without his solicitation or knowledge, and which he 
has held ever since. His military experience, and high 
tone of character, has made him a great favorite as well 
as a valuable acquisition to the Seventh Regiment. 

BREVET COLONEL HENRY C. SHUMWAY. 

Eighth Company National Guard. 

The above-named gentleman was born in Middletown. 
Connecticut, 4th of July, 1808 ; and is by profession a 
miniature painter, in this city. 

Colonel Shumway entered the National Guard, then 
Twenty-Seventh Regiment, as a private in the Eighth 
Company, July 17th, 1829; was promoted a Sergeant; 
and February, 19th, 1834, was commissioned Second 
Lieutenant ; May 30tli, same year, to the First Lieute- 
nancy, and was chosen Captain by an unanimous vote 
October 13th, 1836. 

The deeds of this gentleman Avould make up quite a 
volume. From the moment of his accession to the posi- 
tion he now holds, he has been bestowing benefits on the 
Regiment, and it owes him much. TTe occupies the first 



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 279 

post of honor, which is on the right of the Regiment, 
from his being the oldest commissioned Captain; and has 
held that position for the past twenty-two years. He 
has participated in quelling all the riots, and commanded 
his Company on all the encampments and excursions of 
the Regiment. 

By a special act of the New-York Legislature, 15th 
June, 1857, in pursuance of the constitution and by-laws 
of the State, they conferred upon him the honorary title 
of Colonel in the militia with Brevet rank, having served 
twenty years as Captain in the National Guai'd. May he 
serve twenty years more ! 

CAPTAIN JAMES PRICE. 

Third Company TTational Guard. 

Captain Price was born in London, England, in 1822 ; 
came to this country when about ten years of age, and 
has been a resident of this city ever since. He is in the 
real estate business, and has acquired quite an independ- 
ence by his industry. 

In the year 1841 he joined one of our military com- 
panies, and from his constant and strict attention to his 
duties and by dint of hard study, Wits promoted rapidly 
through all the different grades of the non-commissioned 
officers First and Second Lieutenancies, to that of Cap- 
tain. There being a vacancy in the Third Company 
National Guard, he was invited to take command by that 
Company, and, on his acceptance, Avas elected by an 
unanimous vote 31st May, 1848. 

He now holds the second post of honor which is on 
the left of the Regiment, and, has, through great 
exertion and perseverance, succeeded in making his com- 
mand second to none in the Regiment, and stands third 
in regard to members. He is a thorough disciplinarian, 



280 HISTORY OF THE SETEXTH REGIMENT. 

strict to the letter, and commands the highest respect, and 
is very much beloved by his command. 

CAPTAIN BENJAMIN M. NEVERS. 

Sixth Company National Guard. 

Captain iSTevers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 
24th of June, 1822 ; and is a broker in Wall street. 

He joined the Sixth Company National Guard as a 
private October, 1845 ; was promoted in 1846 to Cor- 
poral ; and to the First Lieutenancy October, 1848 ; and 
on the 2d of January, 1849, was chosen Captain of that 
Company. His commission dates him third in rank, and 
his Company stands first, in regard to numbers, and is 
by no means behhid the other companies in point of drill 
in the Regiment. 

He is very popular in the Regiment, and particularly 
in his command. He is a thorough soldier, and a strict 
disciplinarian. 

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SHALER. 

Second Company National Guard. 

Captain Shaler was born at Haddam, on the banks of 
the Connecticut, in 1827 ; is a merchant doing business 
in this city. 

He commenced his military career April 29th, 1845, in 
the ranks of one of our military companies in this city ; 
was promoted a Coi-poral October 16th, 1845 ; to a Ser- 
geant September 3d, 1847; was elected First Lieutenant 
August 30th, 1849; and to a Captain in the National 
Guard March 18th, 1850. He is also Colonel of the 
First Regiment Hudson Brigade, New-Jersey State 
Militia. 

His Company stands second to none in point of drill 
and discipline in the Regiment, owing to the great exer- 
tions of its conimanding officer. 



HISTOKY OF THE SEVENTH KEGIMEMT. 281 

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. RIBLETT. 

Fourth Company National Guard. 

The above-named gentleman was born in New- York 
City, 17th July, 1816 ; is Secretary of " The Peter Cooper 
Fire Insurance Company" of this city. 

He commenced his military career as a private in the 
ranks of the Fourth Company National Guard, 19th 
March, 1836, After passing through all the different 
gi'ades of the non-commissioned officers in the Company, 
with the exception of Orderly Sergeant, he was promoted 
to a Second Lieutenant 22d January, 1838 ; and to the 
First Lieutenancy 21st November, 1838; was elected 
Captain 7th October, 1844. He resigned 25th November, 
1845, on account of his removal from the city, and on his 
return was called upon by the Fourth Com2:)any to take 
command, and was reelected by unanimous vote of that 
Company 2d December, 1850. The old Fourth, as it is 
called, still retains its reputation as second to none in the 
Regiment in point of discipline, owing to the persever- 
ance of its present commander. 

CAPTAIN JOHN MONROE. 

Seventh Company National Guard. 

Capt. Monroe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
June 7th, 1823. He came to this city in 1825, and has 
been a resident here ever since. 

He commenced his military career, as a guide-boy, in 
the Third Company National Guard, 1832, when only 
nine years of age. He afterwards joined the Seventh 
Company National Guard 1843 ; passed through aU the 
grades of the non-commissioned officers in the Comj^any, 
excepting Second Sergeant; was promoted First Lieu- 
tenant August 15th, 1850; and was elected Captain 
18th March, 1851, the Company at that time numbering 



282 HISTOKY OV THE SEVEMTH KEGlMEiST, 

only eighteen men, and by his energy and perseverance 
has made it one of the first in the Regiment, numbering 
nearly one hundred men. He is very popular in the 
Regiment, and is very much beloved by his command, 

CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. SPEAIGHT. 

Fifth Company National Guard. 

Captain Speaight was born in New-York City on the 
21st November, 1826. He is in the blank book business. 

He joined the Fifth Company National Guard, as a 
private, June 26th, 1846; was promoted Orderly Ser- 
geant, and served in that capacity three years ; and on 
the 10th of August, 1853, was elected Captain of that 
Company. The Captain deserves great credit for the 
manner in which he has perfected his command in jioint 
of discipline. Being a thorough soldier himself, may be 
attributed the interest he takes in his command. He is 
very much beloved by his fellow-soldiers, and popular in 
the Regiment. 

CAPTAIN WILLIAM P. BENSEL. 

First Company National Guard. 

Captain Bensel was boi-n in New-York City, June 17th, 
1818, and is in the cooperage business. 

He joined the Fifth Company National Guard as a 
private 18th November, 1849; Avas promoted to the 
First Lieutenancy January 14th, 1853; resigned his 
commission 27th August, same year; September follow- 
ing was elected First Lieutenant of First Company Na- 
tional Guard ; and chosen Commander of that Company 
14th October, 1856. To this gentleman must be awarded 
great i:)raise for the manner in which he has perfected 
his command in point of drill and discipline, being 
merely a unit in point of numbers when he took com- 
mand, now numbering nearly one hundred men. 



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ROLL OF MEMBERS 

OF 

N e w- Y ork State Forces, 

185 8. 



(The names marked thus *, are those of members who went to Uichmoiid.) 
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. 

Colonel, Abram Dnryee.* 

Lieutenant-Colonel, Marshall Lefferts.* 

jjjajor, Edgar M. Crawford.* 

Adjutant, William A. Pond. 

Eno'ineer Robert E, Launitz.* 

Surgeon, Timothy M. Cheesman. 

Assistant-Surgeon, Edward M. Cameron.* 

Quartermaster, Lock W. Winchester.* 

Paymaster, Benj. F. Carpenter. 

Chaplain, George W. Brainerd.* 

Commissary, William Patten, 

Ordnance Officer, Henry E. Droz.* 

Assistant-Quartermaster, William Laimbeer, Jr.* 

Assistant-Paymaster, Meredith Howland. 

For the excursion to Richmond, the following appointments were 
made to fill vacancies of such of the Staff as were unable to go : 

Acting Ass't.-Sur., George F. Woodward.* 

" Adjutant, Lt. George W. Smith.* 

" Paymaster, George W. Brainerd.* 

Chaplain, Rev. J. H. Weston.* 

" Commissary, . . . Capt. E. T. Cragin, of the Troop.* 



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NOJSr-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Sergeaut-Major, C4eorge C. Freeborn.* 

Quartermaster-Sergeant, Robert C. Rathbone.* 

Sergeaiit-of-Ordnance„ John A. Baker. 

Color-Bearer, Benjamin Odell. 

John H. HofF.* 

Right-General-Guide, John A. Hall.* 

Left-General-Guide, Charles Hall.* 

Sergeant-of-Guard, Robert M. Weed.* 

Commissary-Sergeant, L. L. S. Clearman.* 

Assistant-Sergeant-Major, Isaac W. Dean, 

Assistant-Sergeant-of-Guard, Alexander Douglass.* 

TKOOP. 

•Captain, Edwin T. Cragin. 

1st Lieutenant, William H. Haight. 

2d " Edward M. Parley. 

Cornet, John Delemater. 

1st Sergeant, E. Gcnin. 

2d " A. A. Fuller. 

3d " — Lecler. 

4:th " Walter Duncan. 

Privates. Privates. 

John Tragessor, Alexander Irwin, 

Charles Warren, D. A. Youngs, 

Henry Bunnell, C. Watts, Jr., 

Charles Perley, I. Audrews, 

P. Brock, P. Van Idestine, 

R. J. Law, Charles H. Delemater, 

J. R. Conchtin, G. H. Stone, 

E. M. Van Tassel, A. Jamison, 

A. J. Fuller, J. H. McBrido, 
George F. Van Brunt, Edward Delemater, 
H. C. Bailey, George Ladd, 

H. A. Craigen, Joseph A. Sterling, 

M, Fairweather, Lawrence Moore, Jr., 

B. B. Miller, Anthony Miller, 
Charles White, John Lewis, 

G. W. Wliite, John Cornish, 

W. J. McCIune, W. H. Davis, 



KOLL OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 28.5 

Privates. Privates. 

Alexander Little, Robert Clark, 

William Clark, H. D. Gage, 

I. R. Andrews, James Gregory. 

Charles Watts, 



ENGINEER COKPS. 

Engineer-in-Chief, f Robert E. Launitz.* 

Sergeant-of-Engineers, David Drake. 

2d Sergeant, George C. Farrar. 

1st Corporal, E. M. Le Moyne. 

9^ a Leopold Schmidt.* 

Private, F. T. Luqueer, Jr. 

« John E. Robinson.* 

« James S. Mott. 

"*"/". William IL Oakley, 

« Edgar Davidson.* 

,c Elisha H. Cheshire. 

\\[,,, William Bird.* 

[[[,,,. Herbert II. Hall. 

« Chas. S. Benson, Jr. 

<t John Lawrence.* 

« Thomas Lord, Jr.* 

<i Oliver Wetmore, Jr. 

.< Juhn E. Heekseher. 



FIBST COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain, ^-^^ Bensel,* 

1st Lieutenant, W. Gurney.* 

2^ " J. L. Harway.* 

1st Sergeant, G. R. Scott. 

2^ " J. M. Parker.* 

3^ n J. P. Meday. 

^^^ II W. Woolsey.' 

Ist Corporal, F. H. Grosz. 

2^ « W. H. Hume. 

3^ « F. J. Mears.* 

4th " !'!!".... C.A.Yost.* 

t staff Offirer. 



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Privates. 
C. H. Meday,* 
G. II. Knapp,* 
E. 0. Lamson, 
J. K. Shejjpard,* 
R. C. Reid, 
G. H. Kitchen,* 
J. O. Watkins,* 
S. L. Canfield,* 
S. K. De La Vergne, 
G. F. Storrs,* 
H. C. Robe,* 
A. N". Francis,* 
C. H. Spafford, 
G. A. Ratz,* 

C. S. Wilson, 
P. J. Bogert,* 
J. H. Allen,* 
II. M. Funston, 

D. L. Hays,* 
C. H. Howe, 
W. B. Spelman, 
R. S. Spelman,* 

E. G. Sheppard, 
J. T. Robin,* 

J. W. Sibell,* 
G. J. Mitchell,* 

E. D. Sturtevant,* 
W. W. Bonneau, 

C. N. Orpen, 

F. D. Slocomb,* 

E. E. Nichols, 
W. II. Flandrow, 

F. O. Pierce,* 

S. B. Althause, Jr.,* 
J. H. Immen, Jr.,* 
J. II. Wright,* 

D. D. Buchanan,* 
W. B. Lorton,* 
R. S. Tenables,* 
T. H. Redway,* 

E. J. Ilvde,*" 



Privates. 
R. S. Todd,* 
J. II. Barclay,* 
J. H. Alexander,* 
J. W. Hamilton,* 
W. E. Briuckerhoff, 
A. B. McGowan,* 
W. II. Cooper, 
A. W. Spear, 
C. J. Werneke, 
G. W Hume, 
G. Baker,* 
J. Syms, 
L. Patterson,* 
A. Stevens,* 
F. McNicoll,* 
J. Welcker,* 
P. Callanan, 

E. Knabeschuck,* 
W. Davidson,* 

T. Hume, 
J. Main,* 
T. Russell,* 
C. Mabie, 
M. Folsom,* 

F. Mcllvaine, 
C. Apelles, 

H. Lindeman,* 

H, Clough,* 

A. Berryman, 

N. Plato, 

J. McKewan,* 

N. Clark,* 

A. Wetmore, Jr., 

C. Borrowson,* 

A. Weldhen, 

J. Litton.* 

W. Perry, 

J. Murray,* 

E. Wilber, 

O. L. Stewart. 



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SECOND COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain, Alexander Shaler.* 

1st Lieutenant, James Harrison. 

2(i " J. Ileni-y Liebenau.* 

1st Sergeant, Emmons Clark.* 

2(i " Joseph E. Macfarland,* 

3(1 " Noah L. Farnham.* 

4th " Henry B. Dyer.* 

1st Corporal, Richard F. Ware.* 

2(1 " James J. Moi-ison.* 

3J " Charles S. Denison. 

4tii " Frederick C. Barlow. 

■5th •' James Miller. 

Privates. Privates. 

Isaac W. Dean, Wm. Barkley, 

Levi Miller, Wm. T. Bucken,* 

Francis A. Sniffen, Rodney C. Ward,* 

Charles Weeks,* Chas. C. Shelley,* 

William S. Dunham, Spencer Sanderson, 

Benjamin F. Gamble, James A. Smith,* 

George C. Freeborn,* Simon W. Scott,* 

Henry B. Mead, Frank M. Johnston, 
O. W. Raymond, Peter Palmer,* 

Richard R. Brouner, William B. Simpson. 

Edward Gridley, John W. Florence,* 

Alfred Woodham, Clinton G. Bird,* 

Moses L. M. Peixotto* Wm. B. See,* 

Mathew T. Van Zandt, Thomas W. K. Holder, 

Simon Seward,* Henry G. Healy,* 

John M. Macfarlane, James W. Roome, 

Wm. A. M-'Donald,* James F. Wenman,* 

William Ruwe, Jr., Willoughby Powell, 

Henry P. Eveleth, Jr., L. S. B. Hatfield,* 

George C. Hallett, Douglas Sloane,* 

Alfred Riker,* George W. Selover,* 

John P. Waters, Richard D. Fonda,* 

David Miller,* Robert S. Gould, Jr., 

Oscar Hall, George Debenham,* 

Gulian V. Quilliard,* Humphrey W. Carr, 

Charles H. Hall, Henry H. Harrall, 

Fred. S. Morison. Jr., J. V. W. Vandervoort, 



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Privates. 
Edward F. Stone,* 
Charles V. Smith, 
Albert M. Smith,* 
Chas. S. Van Norden,* 
"VYm. T. Farnham,* 
Christie Wood, 
"VVra. A. Blackman,* 
Edward Bernard,* 
Wm, H. Cody, 
Wm. O. Chapman,* 
Stephen ^Y. Cody, 
Chas. E. Bostwick,* 
J. W. Vandewater, 
Wm. Nodine, 
James Wilson,* 
David H. Tuttle,* 
Henry Hayes, 
Eben. B. Woodward, 
George A. Bernard,* 
A. D. Bloodgood,* 

HONORARY 

James M. TutliiJI, 
Alex. Douglass,* 
Edgar NevUle,* 
Edward W. Husscy,* 
James H. Redman, 
A. W. Baldwin, 
W. F. Blanck,* 
John G. Semen, 
James W. Coates, 
Wm. A. Pond, 
John C. Giifing, 
John J. Donaldson, 
Samuel Lewis, Jr., 
Samuel Bigelow, Jr.,* 
John J. Budd,* 



Privates. 
R. H. Williams,* 
Chas. K. Ellery, 
George W. Tyson, 
Chas. M. Jeffords,* 
James B. Ames, Jr., 
George H. Hart, 
Henry L. Phalon,* 
J. Fred. Bisbee, 
Edward F. Dwyer, 
Charles R. Read, 
Noah Foote, 
Charles C. Hubbell, 
Washington Hadley,* 
Fred. A. Harter,* 
Jonathan N. Havens, 
William F. Coxson, 
James L. Bi'umley,* 
James F. Russell, 
Julius H. Tiemann, 
John Williamson. 

MEMBERS. 

George Brodie, 

Joseph B. Taylor, 

Wm. K. Schenck, 

Henry L. Cathell, 

Joseph T. Porter,* 

George A. Blood, 

Samuel J. Smith, 

Richard M. Raven, 

James J. Burnet, 

David L. Baker, 

Wm. R. Bowno, 

Geo. F. Hopper, {Armo7-er,)* 

Chas. Kussmaul, (Drmnmer,)* 

D. Miedel, {Drummer,)* 

Thomas B. Harrison.* 



THIRD COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain, James Price.* 

1st Lieutenant John J. Wickstead.* 

2d •' Geo. W. Turnbull.* 



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1st Sergeant, George T. Haws. 

2d " Theo. B. Stephens. 

3,1 " Richard L. Leggelt.* 

4tli " ... Wm. llowland.* 

1st Corporal, Barrow Benriino.* 

2d " Alex. J. Clinton.* 

3d " John "W. Murray. 

4th •• DeWitt Clinton.* 

5th " Robert K Kitching. 

(5th " Louis B. Rader.* 

P/ivates. Privates. 

Wni. K. Ackerman, James H. Merchant, 

Jacob Ackerson, C. H. Merriman, 

Wni. n. Anthon, Samuel G. Milligan,* 

11. Tracy Arnold,* Henry H. Mott, 

Josepli JE. Banks,* Thomas R. McNeil, 

John A. Baker, Benjamin Odell, 

John Barrett,* Samuel C. Ostrander,* 

Jolin Beak,* Charles B. Owen, 

Daniel Beurimo,* Thomas H. Pearce,* 

M. Broderick, Gideon Peck, Jr., 

Theo. Burgoyne, Theo. C. Pohle, 

Wm. J. Butler, Robert C. Portington,* 

Joseph U. Chaprian, II. J. Radeliffe,* 

AV. D. Chetwood, Robert C. Rathbone.* 

Chas. W. Clinton,* S. H. Rosenblatt, 

Robert J. Clyde,* E. Wells Saekett, 

Israel B. Cohen, Fred. W. Satterlee,* 

Vincent L. Cook,* Wm. F. Sebert, 

Wm. S. Collins,* R. M. Selleck, 

Jas. H. Cornell, S. J. M. Sexton, 

Gilbert S. Dewitt, Joseph Simondson, Jr.,* 

Joseph Dore,* John Simpkins, 

John E. Dunham, A. C. Smith, Jr , 

Charles Eager, X. J. Smith, 

Clinton Foster, T. F. Smith, 

Louis Fitzgerald,* W. H. Smith, 

Gilbeit Fowler,* Wm. M. St. John,* 

Wright C. Gambell, A. II. Timpson,* 

Ernest Gaylord,* Thomas R. Tiirnbull, 

Joseph F. Graham,* G. D. Tr.iey. 

James E. Granniss, I-nae Van ILmten,* 



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Privntes. 
Harry W. Giierin,* 
Jolin A. Hall,* 
John S. Hewlett. 
James Hiuds,* 
Thomas N. Hiekox, 
John H. Hoff,* 
David HoUis,* 
Charles Hughes, 
Samuel Hughes, Jr., 
L. M. Johnson, 
Charles S. Kennedy,* 
Thos. B. Kerr, 
Geo. P. Lawrence,* 
Curtis Lewis, 
Chas. IL Leonard,* 
Wm. Mackenzie. 
L. II. Mattison, 
Charles S. Merle, 



Privates. 
James Van Riper,* 
Hobart Van Zandt, 
Bernhard Veit, 
William M. Walton,* 
James R. Warren,* 
Josej)!! C. Warren,* 
Robert M. Weed,* 
W. P. Wellman, 
John Wheeler, Jr.,* 
W. M. Whitney, 
Geo. Y. Whitson, 
Thomas G. Wilkes. 
Hudson G. Wolfe,* 
Thomas Worth, 
James T. Wright,* 
John G. Wright,* 
Charles N. Covell,* 
Thomas R. Irving.* 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Edgar M. Crawford,* 
Henry Allen, Jr.,* 
Michael Gibney, 
George Tuthill, 
George Lorton,* 
James D. Torrey, 
John P. Hays, 
Israel Sackett, 
Wm. W. Taylor, 
Alexander Clark, 
John H. Staats, 



John Dunham, 
Charles Sand?, 
Francis J. Krugler, 
Charles Bellows, 
Thomas V. Gendar,* 
Wm. A. Iloeber, 
Isaac J. Stillings, 
Wm. F. Egan, 
Thomas L. Conroy,* 
A. L. Holt.* 



FOURTH COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

C'lntain William II. Riblet.* 

1st Lieutenant, William R. Harrison.* 

2d " .... John Mackenzie.* 

1st Sergeant, John W. Bogert.* 

2(1 "" Edward H. Little.* 

3,j " John S. Dunning.* 

4th " Jeremiah V. Meserolc.* 

1st Corporal Cliarles E. Bogert.* 



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2(1 Corporal, . . Alford B. Chapman,* 

3d " Henry Evcrdell.* 

4th " Robert H. Eddy. 

Privates. Privates. 

Thomas Bruns, E. R. Holsworth. 

Minthorn T. Bruudaffe, Frank D. Karr, 

William B. Barton,* Wm. L. Kipp,* 

Thomas B. Bunting,* Edward L. Lawrcnec, 

Richard W. Bogart, Robert H. Lane,* 

Henry M. Butler,* John C. Lefferts,* 

Edward S. Babcoek,* Charles Meinecke, 

Henry Bansher, Jr.,* James Mills,* 

John D. Bailey,=i'- Peter M. Myers, 

Wm. Noel Corbett, Hugh C. McCosh, 

Samuel L. Culbert,* George F. Manning,* 

Silas S. Carpenter, Lemuel W. Morse, 

William H. Crocker,* Harry Mowton,* 

John H. Cuthbert, A. Stewart Marshall, 

Jerome B. Clark, Joseph Neustaedter,* 

Abraham Demarest,* William L. Nichols,* 

Edward D. Ewen,* Edward J. Olsscn, Jr.,* 

Austin D. Ewen,* David Pearson, 

Henry C. Ely,* Thomas R. Peacock, 

Edward Earle,* Nathan C. Piatt, Jr., 

Logan Fay.* Oscar L. Peterson,* 

Adam Farrington. Samuel S. Pahner,* 

James Farnam,* AVilliam H. Roome,* 

Walter W. Haydock, Charles H. Remmey, 

Theodore J. Ilusted, John C. Ridden,* 

Theodore Hallett, Samuel J. Smith, 

Robert Halsted,* L Francis Smith, 

Samuel L. Harris, Frank K. Smith,* 

Leonard Ilazeltine, Jr.,* John P. Sparks,* 

F. J. Hepburn, Samuel C. Sharp,* 

Darwin R. James, Jolin P. R. Wells,* 

Wm. A. Jackson,* Edwin H. Wooten,* 

Wm. W. Jackson,* Joseph M. Weeks, 

Lewis H. Judson,* William H. Wood, 

John W. Jackson, William L. Watkins,* 
Henry M. Johnston, Edward R. Young,* 

Lorenzo Jarvis, George H. Wlieaton. 



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HONORARY 

Andrew H. Bremncr, 
Henry A. Kerr, 
Jasper "W. Hughes, 
Thomas Clark, 
Geo. M. Chardavoync, 
Jolin Baker, 
Thomas H. Cooper, 
James Olwell, 
Thos. Morton, 
Elias Thomas, Jr., 
Joseph li. Cooper, 
John L. Gratacap, 
Thomas Peleh, 
Wm. Ward, 
llobt. S. Oakley, 
Waldron Young, 
Geo. S. Montanye, 
Wm. H. Curtis, 
Wm. J. Syms, 
Wm. Allison, 
Jolui Armstrong. 



MEMBERS. 

Augustus Morand, 
Charles Westlake, 
Solice Bonnett, 
Cliarles Felch, 
Francis S. Miner, 
Ichabod T. Williams, 
E. J. Hyde, 
Wm. T. Peterson, 
Patrick H. Fay, 
J. W. Brown, 
James D. Lyon, 
Henry A. Poole, 
John A. Myer, 
Isaac Stansbury, 
Onderdouk Angevine, 
John H. Quackenbush, 
John G. Phyfe, 
Henry Hughes, 
Charles Kane, 
Walter A. Watkins, 
William T. Peterson.* 



FIFTH COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain, William A. Speaight.* 

1st Lieutenant, Franklin Millard.* 

2d " James M. Maegregor.* 

1st Sergeant, John F. Cook.* 

2d " Pdchard J. Kelley. 

3J " Josiah Culbert.* 

4th " Wm. T. Price.* 

1st Corporal, P. Hurley.* 

2d " V.D. Braisted.* 

3d " J. L). Earle. 

4tli " I\ . B. Stokley.* 

5tli " E. D. Utter.* 

Privates. Privates. 

A. Bogardus, P. Nugent, 

S. A. Bank.s* H. A. Petrie,* 

S. B. Bailey, E. T. Roilley, 

S. S. Barnes, T. J. Robart?,* 



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Privates. 
L. Biddle,* 
C. A. Benetlict, 
J. L. Buckley, 

F. A. Corse * 
T. Clough,* 
W. Campbell,* 

G. Cosine, 

J. H. Cobuni, 
S. F. Doane,* 
F. Eckell,- 

A. Fleet, 

J. B. Frankliii,=^ 

B. Fuller, 
J. Gaylor," 

W. H. Gowday,* 

^Y. M. Gambling,* 

I. D. Hardenbergli,* 

N. W. Hj'de, 

y. Isador,* 

J. Jauncey, Jr., 

C. F. Linder,* 
W. Layton, Jr., 
J. 11. Lane, 

J. P. Miller,* 



Privates. 
J. F. Roseubauui, 
P. N. Rink, 
S. Seligman,* 
M. Shea, 
J. II. Steele,* 
D. Sondheini, 
A. Selig,* 
T. A. Silva, 
W. A. Scott,* 
T. J. Sullivan, 
AV. T. Sprole, 
A. M. Stearns,* 
R. Staples,* 
W. M. Tiers, 
W. C. Terry, 
VV. B. Von Dersmitli, 
A. T. Wyckoff,* 
S. W. Watson,* 
M. A. Wilcox,* 
W. Wall, Jr.,* 
J. N. Wilsey,* 
J. W. Wood, 
M. A. Wilson, 
J. B. Ilolbrook.* 



HONOKAKY MEMBERS. 

W. Alberta, M. J. Leon,* 

C. Corley,* K- S. McDowell,* 

T. W. Carey,* t'- E. Wldte,* 

F. Grain,* R- Wheaton. 

A. Jones, B. S. Yates, 

J. Johnson,* S. Sanderson.* 
P. H. Kiersey,* 



SIXTH COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain B. M. Nevers.* 

1st Lieutenant, W. E. Vermilye. 

oa " n. F. Kent.* 

1st Sergeant, ■ L- Catlin, 

,>^ -< R. F. Ilalsted.* 

3d « .'. C. B. Coffin,* 



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4th Sergeant, C. N. Du Boi:?, 

1st Corporal, G. W. Ford. 

•2d " J. P. Raymond. 

Sd " W. B. Freeman.* 

4th " C. Walke. 

1st Lance-Corjioral, J. B. Young. 

2d " N. W. S. Catlhi. 

3d " F. G. Eldridge. 

Secretary C. AV. Ogden, (Hon.) 

Paymaster, J. J. McLaren * 

Privates. Privates. 

?f. M. Abbott, H. D. Hull,* 

T. R. Ackland,* J. L. Hyde, 

J. B. Archer, C. W. Irving, 

H. Arnold, E. J. Jenkins,* 

L. Bailey, G. Kemble, Jr.,* 

C. G. Bartlett, E. Kemp, 

W. J. Bartow, G. Kemp, 

E. O. Bird,* J. E. Kent, 

J. Black,* E. Kiersted, 

G. A. Boydeu,* F. W. King,* 

J. H. Bradbury, A. J. Lamb,* 

N". G. Bradford, Jr., S. B. Lawrence, 

A. S. Brady,* J. Lee, 

G. G. Brinckerhoff, T. Mallaby, Jr., 

E. L. Bristol, G. S. Marcli, 

E. A. Brooks, T. B. Marsh, 
H. C. Butler, J. McLaren,* 
C. J. Cambreliiig,* C. J. Osborn, 
H. J. Campbell, G. H. Palmer,* 
C. M. Catlin, C. C. Parker, 

P. R. Cliadwick, S. H. L. Rankin, 

F. Clarkson,* J. W. Romeyn,* 
L. L. S. Clearman,* J. M. Romme,* 

G. S. Comstock, J. F. Ruggles, 
P. H. Coolidge, M. Ryder,* 

J. D. W. Cutting, N. D. Sampson,* 

L. L. Cuvillier, W. R. Smedberg, 

W. B. Dick, A. T. Smith, Jr., 

J. H. Draper,* J. S. Smith, Jr.,* . 

R. R. Dumont, E. Soria, 

J. Dnryoe,* M. B. StafTord, 



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Privates. 
T. O. Ebaugh, 
G. P. Edgar,* 
A. M. Elswortli, 
J. R Evans,* 
J. II. Falconer, 
D. W. C. Falls,=!= 
II. S. Fearing, 
J. G. W. Feldmaii, 
G. Ferris,* 
G. C. Ferris, 
I. N. Field,* 
J. W. Freeman, 
W. C. Frost,* 
S. A.' Gould, 
W. P. Ilalsted,* 
G. F. Hamilton,* 
L. Hamilton,* f 
W. E. Haws,* 
S. E. Iliscox, 
D. P. Holmes, 
G. W. Holmes, 
S. J. Hopkins, 
F. H. Howell, 



Privates. 
W. A. Stoutenberg, 
W. H. J. Stratton,* 
J. L. Stroub,* 
W. N. Sturges,=!= 
N. W. Stuyvesant, Jr., 
II. T. B. Teer,* 
J. W. Timpson, 
W. G. Ulshoeffer. 

G. W. Van Boskerck, 

W. H. Yance,* 

C. F. Van Duzer, 

J. B. Vose,* 

R. Vose, 

W. R. Vermilye, Jr., 

J. Ward, Jr., 

P. H. Ward,* 

B. S. Weeks, '• 

W. T. Whiting, 

J. M. Wilson,* 
R. Winsor,* 

F. M. Winston, Jr.,* 

J. F. Woodhouse, 
M. Young.* 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



W. F. Conger, 

C. H. Loutrel, 

J. S. Johnson, 

B. Yomig, 

T. R. Mcllwaine, 

H. D. Van Nostrand, 

E. Cozzens, 

E. H. Ensign, 

E. Embree, 

B. H. Gibbs,* 
G. R. Hegeman, 
J. W. Jennings,* 
D. J. Marrenner,* 

C. C. Nevcrs, 



AY. H. Ogdeu, 
J. B. Holmes,* 

E. H. Jacquelinj^i 
H. W. Jennings, 
G. G. Nevers, 

C. R. Badeau, 
P. MaUett, 
J. H. Munson, 

F. Jacobson,* 

C. Rose, 

J. H. Ruckel, 

D. R. SeUeck, 
A. Shimmel, 
J. T. Smith. 



+ Deceased. 



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SEVENTH COMPANY, NATIONAL GUAKD. 

Captaiu. John Monroe* 

1st Lieutenant, "Wm. J. Wimam.-.* 

2tl " John P. Sclicrmerlioiu,* 

1st Sergeant, Charles IL Winans. 

2ti ' Edmund S. Henrv.* 

3^1 " Hamlet M. Fairchild.* 

4tli " John \Y. Ro\ve.=^= 

1st Curijoral, John Pearce. 

2^1 " Samuel G. Negus.* 

•^d '' Smith W. Anderson.* 

^tli " Samuel Truesdell.* 

Privates. Privates. 

James D Pearc.',- G. W. Putnam,* 

■\Vm. Wood, Richard M. Bowcrman,* 

Joseph Pine, AVm. Simpson,* 

John L. Cameron,* Thomas R. Goocli,* 

Andrew J. Darby, Edward Wellings. 

Augustus Klauberg, George W. Ely,* 

Thomas Dixon,* Henry S. Bidwell* 

William Drew,* Wra. H. Schieffelin, 

Wm. II. Montanye,* George G. Meacham,* 

John D. Moriarty, Lewis M. Brown, 

Benj. V. Moise,* B. R. Keefler, 

Jesse Delano,* Wm. A. Bailey,* 

William Turner, J. A. Elder,* 

Wm. B. C. Duryee, James M. Delano, 

Geo. S. Schermerhor.i, Frederick H. Pinckney,* 

Jeremiah L. Clark, Samuel W. Thompson.* 

Henry Street, Richard Dalton,* 

Edwin T. Putnam,* Washington Morton, 

James E. Mattocks,* Alexander B. Stewart,* 

Charles Hall, Jr.,* David IL Fowler, 

Geo. H. Tallman, Alex. J. Howell,* 

Richard D. Goodwin, F. C. Alden, 

Charles Ilobbs, Jr.,* Wm. IL Ransom, 

Allan Rutherford, ^:= Charles F. Rogers,* 

G^o. F. Holmes, Jr.,* Charles F. Bennett,* 

John B. Leverich,* Charles E. Stott,* 

Edwin M. Felt,* Samuel B. Clark, 

Thomas E. Dclauj,* Charles C. Barnes * 



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Privates. 
Edward S. Crane,* 
P. Eugene Trotter,* 
John H. Kemp,* 
Clement S. Parsons,* 
A. S. Edget, 
John J. Coger,* 
Wra. H. Smith,* 
Robert B. Smith, 
David W. Holdredge,* 
Fernando C. Pino, 
Asher S. Mills,* 
Frederick E. Hoyt,* 



I'rivatps. 
Charles H. Hawkins, 
Wm, E. Calleudcr,* 
Theo. E. Hathaway,* 
Samuel J. Sherman, 
Moses Van Bcnischoten, 
Horace W. Smith, 
Hugh' J, AV'inters, 
Wm. H. Gibson, 
James H. Bellingham, 
P. C. Godfrey, 
Edgar Kirby, 
Edward Murray.* 



HONORARY AND EXEMPT MEMBERS. 



Aaron Kemp, 
L. W. Winchester,* 
Wm. Patten, 
Edward Marrenner, 
John D. Negus.* 
Wm. I. Negus, 
Jesse Marvin, 



Thomas W. Atkinson,* 
William Finley, 
Thomas S. Shortland,* 
J. Cairns, 
Thomas Dugard, 
George Bishop,* 
n. N. Timolat. 



EiaHTH COMPANY, NATIONAL GUARD. 

Captain, Henry C. Shumway.* 

1st Lieutenant, George W. Smith.* 

2d •• Charles W. Sy.* 

1st Sergeant Charles B. Bostwick, Jr.* 

2d " Charles B. Babcock, Jr.* 

3d " Gilbert L. Arrowsmith. 

4th " Godfrey W. Stcinbrenncr. 

1st Corporal, Wm. H. Nevins. 

2d " Eugene Van Benschoten. 

3d " James Dart* 

4th " John W. Spicer.* 

Privates. Privates. 

J. Edward Abry, Thompson Lewis, 

WillLam B. Allen,* Benjamin Lowder, 2d, 

Alfred Baker, Theodore E. Macy, . 

Anson Baker, Jr.,* Charles A. Manning, 

Adolphus H. Barber, Stephen S. Mapes, 

Gabriel H. Barbey, Charles E. ^[arvine, 

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Privates. 
Jules L. Barbey, 
"William F. Barry, 
Joseph H. Beams,* 
Andre v\' B. Beers, 
Philip E. Bo^ert, 
"Wm. H. Bounott, 
Ernest Bredt, 
George D. Brooks,* 
George F. Burdett,* 
Wm. L. M. Burger,* 
George C. Cauldwell, 
W. Wallace Campbell, 
William Caney,* 
Thomas R. Clark,* 
Thomas M. Cozzens,* 
Russel Dai-t, Jr., 
Wm. M. Dart, 
Albert Da\idson, 
Henry Day, 
Lyman Denison, Jr., 
Joseph M. Domenecli, 
Charles Drake, 
Henry C. Ellis,* 
William R. ParreU, 
Robert M. Field, Jr., 
William H. Field, 
Thomas Franklin, 
Edward H. Gouge, 
Henry D. Green,* 
William C. Han)iltoii, 
Revo C. Hance, Jr., 
.'^amuel W. Hastings, 
Dew-itt C. Hay,* 
Charles T. Hedenberg,* 
Gould B. Hedenberg,* 
Peter S. Henderson, 
AVilliam Henderson, 
John Hendrickson, 
Klixis J. Hcrrick,* 
John 8. Hdlman,* 
T. Granville Hoyt, 
Augastus Howe. 



Privates. 
William H. Slarvme, 
Dewitt C. iMather, 
George L. Maxwell,* 
John Meeks, Jr.,* 
William F. Mottler, 
Charles E. Milbank, 
John W. Morgan, 
James MorrL«on, Jr., 
William A. I^Iorrison,* 
Albert Moulton, 
Rdward N. Neilson, 
Clarence M. Neuville, 
Robert L. North, 
William E. Pearson, 
Henry J. Phillips, 
(Charles E. Prescott,* 
Charles W, Price,* 
Stephen 0. Rollinson,* 
Alfred V. Ryder,* 
Stephen 0. Ryder,* 
Samuel W. Sears,* 
Augustus Seeley, 
George W. Schenkberg, 
Nathan S. Starr, 
John W. A. Strickland, 
Sanford M. Tower, 
Francis L. Tifft, 
David Tweedie, 
Edward B. Underhill,* 
Wm. H. Van Benschoten, 
William L. Wallace, 
Edward B. Welles,* 
George M. Welles,* 
John C. Whittlesey, 
JoseiJh D. Wickham, 
Thomas G. Wddman, 
William P. Woodroof,* 
Alexander G. Wood, 
Wm. H. Bassett, 
James S. Casey, 
Wm. B. Eager, Jr., 
.Alfred H. Easton, 



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Privates. 
Meredith Howland, 
William J. Irwiu, 
Ebenezer R. Johnson,* 
Robert !L P. Jurtson, 
James S. King-,* 
Edward C. Kittle,* 
Joseph Lamb,* 
Albert De Witt Leveridge,* 



Privates. 
Samuel W. Foster, 
George "W. Hertzel, 
John C. Jefferi.s, 
Frank H. McGrath, 
Chnrles E. Mcari, 
Ernest Parisot, 
Henry S. Wilson. 



HONORAKY MEMBERS. 



Robert E. Launitz,* 
Alex. II. Wallis, 
Charles H. Sandford, 
Fred. W. Herring, 
Albert Amerman, 
Charles L. Beaumont, 
A. B. Chardovoyne, 
John P. Duncan, 
Charles A. Easton, 
Thomas J. Hall, 
Joseph C. Hyatt, 



Theo. W. Todd, 
Marshall LeflCTts,* 
Wm. Hall, 
H. Dwight, Jr., 
Wm. A. Pond. 
H. A. Bostwick, 
A. W. Paradise, 
James G. Powers, 
Wm. Tooper, 
Win. E. Treadwoll, 
.John IT. Wood. 



THE GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES. 



A general description of the tombs of deceased Ame- 
rican Presidents can not fail to interest the reader. 

Tiie list comprises the natnes of those who went 
throuo-h our revolutionary struggle, and who contri- 
huted, both in the field and in national councils, to the 
estahUshnient of our independence and free form of 
government. 

Their hands and hearts, lives and fortunes, Avere alike 
devoted to secure our liberties, and to perpetuate them 
under tlie guarantees of a constitutional Union. 

Tliougli the body of our work lias been devoted to an 
account of the translation of Mr. Monroe's remains, and 
the civil and military honors associated therewith, Ave 
have thought that our labors might be fitly concluded 
by a deGcription of tlie places where sleep the honored 
relics of our illustrious Presidents. 

Their graves are simple, and, like their lives, unosten- 
tatious. No kingly mausoleums, no royal escurials, or 
princely tombs, beneath arched ceilings of costly cathe- 
drals, rise to tell the Avorld of their deeds, though more 
glorious than the lives of the greatest kings. Their his 
tory is Avritten in the rise and progress of a great and 
free country. Their tombs are found in quiet and rural 
]>laces, resting in unobtrusive silence, surrounded by the 



GRAVES OF THE PRESIDEXTS. 'Ml 

modest habiluneiits of natuve, watched by the passiiii!; 
stars at night, and chanted to by the wild birds, and 
solitary cliirping of msects by day. 

Such are the tonlbs of the illustrious dead, which we 
have described in the following pages, beginning Avith 
George \yasMngton and ending with Zachary Taylor, 

THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON. 

At Mount Vernon, the Mecca of Republicanism, the 
remains of the Father of his country repose, where, ac- 
cording to Ids desire, they were interred. Thongh Con- 
gress has expressed a desire that the remains should be 
interred beneath the national capital at the seat of gov- 
ernment, which bears his name, and the Legislature of 
Virginia has requested the privilege of placing his re- 
mains beneath a monument at the capital of that State, 
liis own request has been deemed sufficient to overrule 
such demonstrations of national and State respect, for 
in his will he desired that a new family vault should be 
built at Mount Vernon, " at the foot of what is com- 
monly cahed the Vineyard Enclosure." In 1831, thirty- 
four years after his death, this wish was complied Avith, 
and a new tomb was erected on the site indicated. The 
walls are of brick, eight feet high, arched over at top ; 
the front rough cast, with a strong casement of free-stone. 
A stone panel over the door bears the following inscription : 

I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet sliall he live. 

A brick inclosure, twelve feet high, surrounds the 
vault, Avith an iron gate opening in front of the vault- 
door, flanked Avith pilasters, surrounded Avith stone cop- 
ing and cornice. Over the gatcAvay is the following in- 
scription, on a plain slab : 

Within this inclosure rest the remains of General George Wash- 
irffton. 



302 GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS. 

In the year 1837, by permission of Mr, Lawrence 
Lewis, the tlien only surviving execntor of Washington, 
Mr. John Strntliers, of Philadelphia, was, upon his re- 
quest, allowed the privilege of coilstrueting a marble 
sarcophagus, in which the remains are now deposited. 
The sarcophagus is of modern form, cut from solid 
Pennsylvania marble, eight feet long, three feet wide, 
and two feet high, resting on a jilinth projecting four 
inches from the base. The top is of Italian marble, 
on the face of which is sculptured, in bold relief, the 
arms and insignia of the United States, and in dimen- 
sions nearly as large as its surface. 

The following inscription is seen between the armorial 
bearings and the foot of the sarcophagus : 

WASHIXGTOI^. 

The bodv of Martha, the wife of "Washino;ton, is en- 
cased in a similar sarcophagus, the two occuppng the 
right and left sides of the entrance to the tomb, and 
being visible from the outer gateway through the iron 
gate. 

A project was recently set on foot to purchase Mount 
Vernon for the people of the United States, by a com- 
pany of ladies. They were assisted by the Hon. Edward 
Everett, who delivered a number of lectures in aid of the 
cause, which drew large audiences and realized large 
additions to the general fund. Cooperation was also 
afforded by the Hon. Fernando Wood and others in the 
Avay of lectures, etc. The collections having reached a 
large amount, the bargain for its purchase at |200,000 
was closed by the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association, 
and henceforward it only remains to complete a portion 
of the subscriptions, to secure it forever to the people of 
the United States. 



GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS. HOH 

THE TOMB OF JOHN ADAMS. 

Beneath the portico of the Unitarian Church at 
Quincy, Massachusetts, near Boston, known as the 
Adams Stone Temple, in consequence of John Adams 
having been a Hberal benefactor, he the remains of Pre- 
sident John Adams, and of liis son, President Joliu 
Quincy Adams, and their wives, Abigail and Louisa. In 
1826, after his Other's death, John Quincy Adams pro- 
posed that the Church, then about to erect the " tem- 
ple," should authorize him to construct beneath it a 
vault at his expense, Avherein the remains of his father 
and mother might be deposited. Accordingly, an in- 
denture was granted, conveying a space fourteen feet 
square under the portico, with liberty to affix to any por- 
tion of the walls of the temple obituary tablets. The 
\ault was accordingly constructed, and a marble monu- 
ment was erected on the east end of the edifice, at the 
side of the pulpit, surmounted by a bust of John Adams, 
from the chisel of Greenough, the tablets bearing the 
following inscription : 

LIBERTATEM AMICITIAM FIDEM RETI?JEBIS. 
D. O. SI. 

Beneath these walls 

Are deposited the mortal remains of 

JOIIX ADAMS, 

Son of John and Susanna (Boylston) Adams, 

Second President of the United States. 

Born 19-30 October, 1735. 

On the Fourth of July, 1776, 

He pledged his life, fortune, and sacred honor, 

To the independence of his country. 

On the Third of September, 1783, 

He affixed his seal to the definitive treaty 

With Great Britain, 

Which acknowledged that independence. 

And consummated the redemption of his pledge. 

On the Fourth of Jiilv, IS'26, 



304 GRAVES OF THK PRESIDENTS. 

He was summoned 

Ti) the independence of immortality 

And to the judgment of liis God. 

This house will bear Avitness to his piety ; 

This town, his birthplace, to his muniliccnee; 

History to his patriotism ; 

Posterity to the depth and compass 

Of his mind. 

At his side 

sleeps, till the trump shall sound, 

ABIGAIL, 

his beloved and only wife, 

daughter of William and Elizabeth (Quincy) 

Smith, 

In every relation of life a pattern 

of filial, conjugal, maternal, and social, 

virtue. 

Born Nov. 11-22, 11 U. 

Deceased 28th Oct. 1818. 

^t. 74. 

Married 25th Oct. 1*764. 

Daring a period of more than half 

a century 

they survived, in harmony of 

sentiment, principle, and affection, 

the tempests of civil commotion ; 

Meeting undaunted, and surmountin g 

tlie terrors and trials of that Revolution 

which secured the freedom of 

their country. 

Improved the condition of their 

times, and brightened the prospects 

of futurity to the race of man 

upon earth. 

PILGRIM, 

From lives thus spent, thy early duties learn ; 
From fancy's dreams, to active virtue turn ; 
Let Freedom, Friendship, Faith, thy soul engage. 
And serve like tliem thy country and thy age. 



GUAVKS OF THE PKESlDJiNTS. 305 

THE TOMB OF JEFFERSON. 

The author of the Declaration of Independence sleeps 
his last sleep at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Albe- 
marle county, Virgiuia, near his former estate, now 
owned hj Commander IT. P. Levy, of the United States 
Navy, who is also the proprietor of President Monroe's 
estate. At the summit of the gap between Monticello 
and Carter's Mountain, the road to the grave is through 
a rustic gate, winding and stony, to the grave-yard, by 
the side of the woods. Near the entrance is the sacred 
spot, indicated by a granite monument eight feet high, 
sadly mutilated by visitors, whose mistaken patriotism 
has not hesitated to desecrate the grave of the great de- 
parted to secure a memento. In the southern face of the 
pedestal a marble tablet was placed, with the following 

inscription : 

Here lies buried 

THOMAS JEFFERSOX, 

Autlioi- of the Declaration of American Independence, 

Of the statute of Virginia 

for religious freedom, 

And father of the 

University of 

Virginia. 

The dejtredations of visitors necessitated the remoA'al 
of this tablet frofn the monument to the mansion, out 
of their reach. At each side of the monument is a 
o-rave with a marble slab. One is the grave of his wife, 
who died in 1782, ten years after their marriage. Below 
the usual record are two lines of the speech of Achilles 
over the dead body of Hector: "And though spirits in 
a future state be oblivious of the past, he will even there 
remember his loved companion." The other two graves 
are those of his daughters, Martha Wayles Randolph, 
who survived him, and Maria Eppes, who died before 
him. 



306 GKAVES OF THK PRESIDENTS. 

THE TOMB OF MONROE. 

The recent resting-place of the remains of James Mon- 
roe in the Marble Cemetery in Second street, iSTew- 
York, has been described in the preceding- pages. 

The Marble 'Cemetery was got up by a Mr. Nori-is, 
the owner of a marble yard, on i)rivate speculation, and 
was laid out into lots and sold out in full to private fami- 
lies, on which many of them proceeded to erect expensive 
vaults. It was the forerunner of Greenwood, and at the 
])resent time, there is a large vault kept ready where 
bodies of leading families are ^frequently temporarily 
placed before their final removal to the latter city of the 
dead. 

The vault in which Mr. Monroe's remains lately rested, 
M-as in one of these lots. It was large, and subdi- 
vided into compartments, in which Avere interred Mr. 
Tillotson, Ml-. Monroe, Mrs. Governeur, his wife's sister, 
and his daughter, Mrs. S. L. Governeur. Though con- 
taining the remains of several persons, a single slab over 
it, about a foot square, contained the following inscrip- 
tion : 

J.UIES MONROE. 

ROBERT TILLOTSOX. 

Vault 147. 

This was all that afforded any outside index to those 
who rested beneath. We have seen, that just twenty- 
seven years, lacking two days and a few hours, after his 
death, his remains were disinterred. 

In his last illness he was attended by Dr. Berger, the 
family physician of Mr, Governeur, and expired at half- 
past ten o'clock the 4th July, 1831, and was disinterred 
on the 3d July, 1858, at half-past four A.M. 

"When buried, a silver plate, as we have seen, was 
placed on his coffin, with this inscrii^tion : 



GKAVBS OF THE PKKSIDK-NTS. 307 

JAMES MOXROE, 

of Virginia, 

Died the 4tli July, 1831. 

Aged 74 years. 

Mrs. Monroe died a sliort time before her husband, 
and was interred, with other members of the family, near 
his former private residence, at Oak Hill, Loudon county, 
Virginia, near the Potomac River. 

Mr. Monroe's remains, as all know, now rest in per- 
petual peace in Hollywood, at Richmond, in his native 
State. 

THE TOMB OF MADISON. 

At Montpelier, Orange county, Va., thirty miles from 
the crave of Jefferson, from 1836 to within about a year, 
the remains of Ex-President Madison had been peacefully 
resting, with naught but tradition to mark the spot, in 
spite of repeated efforts to raise the requisite funds to 
erect a monument suitable to his Avorth. At length, 
however, by private subscription, the sum of $700 Avas 
raised, and the work of raising the monument was com- 
menced, the grave being identified with much difficulty. 
The coffin was exposed to view by the excavation, and 
upon removing the upper lid, which was not fastened, 
those present beheld all that was left of the earthly re- 
mains of James Madison. The coffin was in an excellent 
state of preservation, though the body was much decayed. 
The bones and breast, the ribs, the lower jaw, were re- 
turned to their original dust, the only portions of the 
skeleton remaining being the skull, portions of the cheek 
bones, the vertebrae of the neck, spine, and large bones 
of the arms, so completely had twenty-one years done 
the work of dissolution. The foundations were built from 
a sufficiently secure ground around the coffin, arched 
over the top, and forming a vault. The form of the 
monument is a simple obelisk, and consists of seven mas- 



308 GKAVES OF TUK PKESIDEKTS. 

sive pieces of stone, the whole being twenty-two feet six 
inches high, and Aveighing thirty-two thousand jiounds ; 
with tlie foundution the structure measures twenty-four 
feet above the burying-ground. The inscription is about 
nine feet from the base, and is as follows : 

MADISON". 
Born March 10, 1751 ; died June 28, 1836. 

The work is substantial, and its simple beauty is in ex- 
cellent keeping with the quiet country church-yard and 
the great and good man whose country-men's apprecia- 
tion and love the marble commemorates. No j^retensions 
were made for beauty or extravagant decorations, but 
simply to indicate the love of the j^atriotic citizens for the 
departed friend and statesman. The remains of Mi-s. 
Madison have been interred near those of her husband, 
whom she survived a number of years. 

4 

THE TOMB OF JOHN aUINCY ADAMS. 

In the same A-ault which the filial aifection of John 
Qiiincy Adams caused to be erected for his parents, at 
Quhicy, Mass., his remains now repose, together with 
those of his wife, and a mural monument similar to that 
Avhich he erected for his father, was erected for him by 
liis only surviving son, I^^ C F. Adams, in 1852, in the 
" Adams Stone Temple." The church gave to the son 
the privilege which they had not denied the father. A 
tablet of Avhite marble was erected at the north of the 
pulpit, crowned with a bust of John Quincy Adams, by 
Powers, finished by him after repeated sittings of Mr. 
Adams, in April, 1837, and said to be an excellent por- 
trait. It was so much regarded as a work of art, that it 
was purchased from Mr. Powers by Mr. Greenough, the 
artist of John Adams' bust, and upon John Quincy's de- 
cease, Avas purchased by Mr. C. F. Adams of Mr. Green- 



GRATES OF THE I'UESIDENTS. 309 

ougli, ami placed in its present position. The design of 
an acorn, which is sculptnred with a leaf on the tablet, 
was a particular favorite of John Quincy Adams, and he 
was so much attached to it tliat he had it cut upon a seal 
which he habitually wore. The white oak leaf represents 
the sturdy growth of New-England. The first and last 
letters of the Greek alphabet, which surmount the inscrip- 
tions, were his favorite symbols of the Deity, referring to 
the well-known passage : " I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, wliich is, and 
which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." The 
following is the inscription : 

ALTERI SECULO. 
A i2 

Near this place 

Reposes all that could die of 

JOHN" QUINCY ADAMS, 

Son of John and Abigail (Smith) Adams. 

Sixth President of the United States. 

Born 11th July, 1767. 

Amidst the storms of civil commotion 

He nursed the vigor v\-hicli nerves a statesman and a 

Patriot, 

And the faith 

which inspires a Cliristian. 

For more than half a century, 

Whenever his country called for his labors 

in either Hemisphere, or in any capacit}', 

He never spared them in her cause. 

On the twenty-fourth of December, 181-1, 

He signed the second treaty with Great Britain, 

Which restored peace within her borders. 

On the twenty-third of February, 1848, 

He closed sixteen years of eloquent defense 

Of the lessons of his youth, 

Jiy dying at his post. 

In her great national council. 

A son worthy of his father — 

A citizen shedding glory on his country — 



310 GRAVES OF THE PKKSIDEXTS. 

A scholar, ambitious to advance mankind, 
This Cliristian souglit to walk humbly 
In the sight of his God. 

Beside him lies 

His partner for fifty years, 

LOUISA CATHERINE, 

Daughter of Joshua and Catherine (Nash) Johnson ; 

Born 12th February, 1775; 

Married 26th July, 1797 ; 

Deceased loth May, 18o2, 

Aged 77. 

Living through many vicissitudes. 

Under high responsibilities. 
As a daughter, wife, and mother. 
She proved equal to all. 
Dying, she left to her family and to her sex 
The blessed remembrance 
Of a woman that 
" Feareth the Lord." 
" Herein is that saying true : one soweth and another reapeth ; I 
sent you to reap that wherein ye bestowed no labor ; other men la- 
bored, and ye are entered into their labors."' 

THE TOMB OF JACKSON. 

At the Hennitage, delightfully situated on the hanks 
of the Cnmherland river, about ten ntilos from Nashville, 
Tenn., Avhere in life the General and President resided, 
his mortal remains now repose. It was his desire, in ac- 
cordance with the rej)uhlican plainness which character- 
ized his life, that his tomb should be marked by no pomp 
or commemorative show. He desired to be interred in 
a plain manner, and is known to have refused a proffered 
present of an antiquated marble sarcophagus, brought 
from the Mediteraanean, and said to have once contained 
the remains of ancient heroes. He was interred in the 
fomily tomb, beside his wife, who had died sixteen years 
before him. The foUowmg inscription on her tomb is 
peculiarly interesting from the fact of its having been 
written by himself: 



GKAYES OF THE PRESIDENTS. 311 

Here lie the remains of 

Mrs. RACnEL JACKSON, 

wife of President Jackson, 

who died on the 22d of December, 1828, 

aged 61. 

Her face was fair, her person pleasing, her temper 

amiable, and her heart kind. 
She delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow- 
creatures, 
and to cultivate that divine pleasure by the most liberal 
and unpretending methods. 
To the poor she was a benefactress ; 
to the rich she was an example ; 
to the wretched a comforter ; 
to the prosperous an ornament. 
Her pity went hand in hand with her benevolence, 
and she thanked her Creator for being permitted to do 

good. 

A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, 

but it could not dishonor. 

Even Death, when he tore her from the arms of her 

husband, 

could but transplant her to the bosom of 

her God. 



THE TOMB OF HARRISON. 

In the family tomb at North-Bend, Ohio, but a few 
miles from Cincinnati, on the bank of the Ohio river, the 
remams of President Harrison now repose. On the oc- 
casion of the funeral pageant at the seat of government, 
where lie died but one month after his inauguration, the 
remains were interred in the Congressional burying- 
o-round, and were stibsequently removed to the family 
vault. There is no published description of the family 
tomb, and it is a curious fact, that neither the biograpliies 
of the illustrious General and President, or the very full 
accounts of his obsequies, make any mention of the m- 
scriptions on either the coffin or the tomb. Mrs. Harri- 



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312 (iRAVES OF THE TRESIDEXTS. 

son is still living, near Cincinnati, at North-Bend, Ohio, 
with her son-in-law, Hon. J. Scott Harrison, a\]io is a 
meinl)er of Congress. Her health recently has been so 
poor that she has been partly confined to her bed. On 
the 2'7th of Febrnary last she was waited upon by a large 
delegation of the Cincinnati Pioneer Association, many 
of the members of which were intimately acquainted 
with General Harrison. They presented her Avith a 
number of tokens of tlieir respect and esteem for her 
husband and herself Mrs. Harrison is now about eijihty- 
three vears of ao-e. 

Since the above was written, the late residence of 
General Harrison, at North-Bend, has been totally con- 
sumed by fire, while in charge of servants, Mrs. Harrison 
and the family being at lier son's in Cincinnati. "With 
the house, a valuable library, with a large collection of 
public documents, letters, etc., relating to the early his- 
tory of the West, were consumed. 

THE TOMB OF POLK. 

In a pleasant spot in the suburbs of Nashi-ille, the ca- 
pital of Tennessee, in front of the former residence of 
President Polk, and whore his Avidow noAV resides, a 
tasteful monument is erected over his remains. It is of 
native lime-stone, supported by four colunms, with a 
squai'e pillar in the centre, on which is the following 
inscription : 

On the entablature — 

JAME^^ KNOX POLK, Tenth President of the United States. 
Born Nov. 2, 1795 ; died June 15, 1849. 

On first side of the monument — ■ 

The mortal remains 

of 

JAMES KNOX POLK 

are resliii'jr in flic vault Ix'iiealh. 



GRAVES OF THE I'UKSIIIKVIN. ;3 ] 3 

He was born in Mecklenburg countv, 

N'ortli-Carolina, 

And emigrated with his father, 

Samuel Polk, to Tennessee 

in 1806. 

The beauty of virtue 

was illustrated in his life. 

The excellence of Christianity 

was exemplified in liis death. 

On the socond side — 

His life was devoted to 

the public service. He was 

elevated successive!}- to the first 

places in the State and Federal 

Governments ; a member of the 

General Assembly- ; 

a member of Congress and 

Chairman of the most important 

Congressional Committees ; 

Speaker of the House of 

Representatives ; 

Governor of Tennessee, and 

President of the 

United States. 

On the third side there is no inscription ; on the fourth 
is the followino- : 

By his public policy he defined, 

established, and extended the 

boundaries of his country. 

He planted the laws of the 

American Union 

on the shores of the Pacific. 

His influence and his counsels 

tended to organize the 

IS'ational Treasury 
on the principles of the 

Constitution, 

and to apply the rule of 

Freedom to Navigation, 

Trade and 

riiilu^tr\-. 

n 



314 GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS. 

THE TOMB OF TAYLOR. 

Near Louisville, Kentucky, the former residence of his 
father, tlie remains of President Zachary Taylor are 
interred, marked by a plain and simple monument. Like 
General Harrison, he was first interred in the Congres- 
sional burying-ground at Washington, where he died a 
short time after his inauguration. In the fall of the same 
year, however, they were removed and deposited in the 
family cemetery, as stated above, where his wife has since 
been placed beside him. 

THE LIVING EX-PRESIDENTS. 

Of the ex-Presidents there are now living Martin Van 
Buren, at Kinderhook, New- York ; John Tyler, at Sher- 
wood Forest, Virginia ; Franklin Pierce, at Concord, 
New-Hampshire, and Millard Fillmore, at Buffalo, New- 
York. 



CONCLUSION. 

The publisher of the foregoing vohiine is ii citizen of 
New- York, where he has reared a family, and has had all 
the ties of local associations to spring up around him. 
These have been of a nature to attach him to his resi- 
dence, while he has been delighted with the liberal spirit, 
commercial enterprise, and the patriotic devotion mani- 
fested by its citizens to our national Union. 

He has also been pleased with the military spirit of its 
citizen-soldiers, demonstrated on more than one occasion 
by the Seventh Regiment National Guard. 

Yet, while yielding to none in his devotion to the high- 
est interest of the city of his adoption, he is equally in- 
capable of forgetting that he is a native of Virginia, and 
that his father and relatives were the cotemjDoraries and 
companions of some of Virginia's noblest sons, m the 
persons of her Jeffersons, Madisons, and Monroes. 

He can not forget the brilliant part performed by his 
native State in our revolutionary struggle, and the services 
rendered by her heroes m the field, and by her statesmen 
in the councils of the country. 

Impressed with a deep love and veneration for our na- 
tional Union — the only hope of liberty for man over the 
world — he felt anxious to contribute any means in his 
power, however small, towards cementing and j)er]3etu- 
ating it for all time. 

The removal of ex-President Monroe's remains from 
New- York to Virginia, who had been known to his boy- 
hood as a patriarchal statesman, and who. with T\ra<lis<»n 



81(5 CONCLUSION. 

and Jefferson, was the neighbor and friend of his youth, 
was an event which deeply interested his feelings. 

He recollected the love which all bore for the Union 
during his administration, and how peaceful and happy 
the country had been under it. 

He had shared the pain and mortification felt by all 
patriotic minds amidst the sectional agitation that had 
since convulsed the people, and Avith them deplored the 
open attempts which had been made, in violation of the 
advice of the Father of his country, to alienate one section 
of the Union from the other. 

He witnessed the solemn ceremonies which attended 
the resurrection of ex-President Monroe's remauis, and 
their translation to Virginia, from the North to the South, 
the revival of fraternal love and the rekindling of pa- 
triotic devotion to our national Union. 

He saw an entire Regiment, and that among one of 
the first volunteer corps in the world, at great personal 
inconvenience and expense, go with those hallowed re- 
mains to the soil of their nativity ; and there, beneath 
the rays of a July sun, mingle with the people of Vir- 
o-inia in the sad ceremonies at their reinterment in Holly- 
wood Cemetery ; where, we trust, the remains of J efter- 
son and Madison may be gathered, as proposed by 
Governor Wise, and a grand mausoleum rise above them, 
commemorative of their noble services to their country, 
and to the cause of liberty throughout the world. 

The reception of the National Guard was no less warm, 
heartfelt, and hospitable, than their patriotism and devo- 
tion to the remams of the deceased had been self-denying 
and unremitting. 

The military of New-York and Virginia — the sons of 
the " Empire State " and of the " Old Doniinion " — fell 
into each other's arms and joined their voices and prayers 
in an appeal to Heaven for the eternal duration of Ameri- 
can liberty and union. 



COXCLUSION. 317 

Again, this noble Regiment was seen wending its way 
homeward, impressed with the uncertainty of life by the 
loss of a young and distinguished member of its corps — 
they turned aside to bow in silent homage at the tomb 
of him who " was first in war, first in peace, and first in the 
hearts of his countrymen," and, led by their Chaplain, they 
poured forth renewed supplications to the Supreme 
Ruler of the Universe for blessings on their country, and 
repeated their vows of eternal devotion to the perpetuity 
of its union. 

Why should scenes and recollections like these perish ? 
Why should the noble speeches and sentiments called 
forth by the occasion, in New-York and in Virginia, be 
struck, as it were, from existence ? Or, why should not 
they be gathered up and preserved among the brightest 
treasures of our national history ? 

These Avere the thoughts which engaged the mind of 
the publisher. 

He, therefore, acting from the impulse of his feel- 
ings, determined to have all the materials relating to this 
interesting national event carefully compiled, and to 
have them published in the form now presented to the 
l^ublie. 

In the foregoing pages will be found a full account of 
all the demonstrations, civil and military, attending the 
translation of the remains of ex-President Monroe, and 
also, as a tribute of respect for the noble conduct of the 
Seventh Regiment National Guard, a history of its or- 
ganization and progress up to the present time, accom- 
panied with biographical sketches of its principal ofticers, 
concluding with an interesting account of the tombs of 
all our deceased Presidents. 

The publisher undertook this pleasing task solely with 
the view of commemorating an event in our history, so 
creditable to all concerned, and which will stand out as 
an example of devotion to the principles of our national 



3 1 8 CONCLUSION, 

Union, for the admiration and guidance of future gene- 
rations. 

He also designed the work to Ibe a compliment to the 
Seventh Regiment National Guard, to every member of 
which he proposed to present a copy. 

He also designed presenting copies to the military 
of Virginia who participated in the ceremonies at Rich- 
mond, as well as to the civil authorities of the city of 
New-York and of Virginia. 

The book is not published for sale, but has been pre- 
pared and published solely with the view and for the 
objects herein set forth. 

That its gratuitous distribution may tend to strengthen 
our reverence for that virtue and patriotism so beauti- 
fully exemplified in the private and public life of the de- 
ceased patriot, the translation of whose remains it com- 
memorates, to renew our love for the Union, and to keep 
alive that spirit of the citizen-soldier so necessary for our 
national defense, and so well illustrated in the history of 
the Seventh Regiment National Guard, shall ever be the 
wish and prayer of the publisher, 

UooLPiio Wolfe. 



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Page 

Introduction, 5 

Obsequies of President Monkoe in 1831, . 14 

Interesting Correspondence, 18 

Action of the Legislature of Virginia, 19 

Proceedings of Virginians, and their Descendants, in the City 

of New- York and its Vicinity, 20 

Second Meeting of the Virginians at the Metropolitan 

Hotel, June 22, 23 

Third and Final Meeting of the Virginians, 28 

Report of the Committee, 28 

Remarks of Mr. Mumford, 30 

Biographical Sketch of President Monroe, 31 

Remarks of Colonel Peyton, 33 

Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of New- 
York, 38 

Meeting of Common Council Committee of Arrangements, 
attended by a Committee of Virginians, and the Rela- 
tives of Mr. Monroe. Speeches of Mr. Gouverneur 

and Colonel Peyton, , 48 

Copy of a Letter to Governor Henry A. Wise, by Sam. L. 

Gouverneur, 53 

Arrival of the Committee from Virginia — Meeting of the 
Committee of the Common Council — ^The Pall-Bearers 
appointed — Their Names — the Fifty-Fifth Regiment 

competing for the Escort, etc., etc, 56 

John Cochrane accepts the Invitation to act as Orator — 
Invitation to Mayor Tiemann, both Branches of the 
Common Council, the Board of Supervisors, and Heads 
of Departments, to participate in the Ceremonies, etc., 

etc.,.. Gl 

The Mayors and Common Councils of Brooklyn, Jersey 
City, and Hobokon, and the Officers of the Army and 



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Navy, and all the Government Officials in New- York, 

invited to participate in the Obsequies 04 

Final Meeting of the Committee of Arrangements — Pub- 
lic Offices to be closed — The Committee, 68 

Programme of Arrangements, 71 

Order of Procession, 71 

Obsequies in Honor of the Remains of James Monroe, in 
the City of New-York, July 2d, 1858— Grand Civic 

and Military Procession — Scenes in the Morning, 77 

Exhumation of the Remains, 77 

Removal to the Church, '79 

Preparing for the Obsequies, 81 

At the Cooper Institute, 81 

The Procession, 86 

Movement of the Procession, 89 

The Line of March, 90 

The Scene in the Park, 91 

The Arrangements for the 3d July, 93 

The Remains of Monroe honored by a Salute from the 

Persia, 94 

The Remains removed fi-om the City Hall to the Steamer 
Jamestown — Parade of the Seventh Regiment — Five 
Thousand Persons witness their Departure on board the 
Ericsson — The Remains delivered to the Yirginia 
Committee on board the Jamestown — ^Addresses of 
Hon. John Cochrane, Mr. O. Jennings Wise, and Mayor 

Tiemann — Scenes on the Docks, etc., 94 

Departure of the Ericsson 103 

Departure of the Jamestown, 108 

YOVAGE IN THE JaMESTOWN, 10.5 

The Salutes to the Jamestown on leaving New-York — the 
Guard of the Remains — Guests on board — Incidents of 
the Yoyage — Reception at Norfolk Harbor — Welcome 
by the Mayor and City Council and Naval Officers — 

Reception at Richmond, etc., 105 

Mr. Cochrane's Reply, 1 10 

Passing the Ericsson, 112 

Reception of the Jamestown at Richmond, 113 

Yoyage of the Ericsson, 116 

First Day out. — The Passage down the River and Bay — 
The Salutations— Tlie Yanderbilt — The Men at their 



TNDKX. 321 

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Leisure— The Ndml.ei- of Men— Names of tlie OfKeers 
—Incident Leibre Departure- Pi-esentation to Captain 
of 2d Company — The Baggage and Dinner— The 
Night-Scenes— How Five Hundred Sleepers were pro- 
vided for with Accommodations for Two Hundred and 

Fifty_The Weather— the Niglit Guard, H^^ 

A Pleasing Incident, 

D-k> "s 

The Guard, J^° 

How they Slept ' 

The Night—" All's Well," J J|J 

Sickness, etc., .■"'',''' 

Second Day ouT.-The Fourth at Sea-Sunnse, Sea- 
sickness, and Hospital Accommodations— Conduct of 
the Men— Inspection— Divine Service— National Salute 
—The Orders for llichmond— Close of the Fourth- 
Scene on the Chesapeake— Hampton Roads— The Gen- 
eral Discipline— Future Movements, 120 

A Barber's Harvest, ^~ 

General Discipline, 

The Baggage, ^"^^ 

An Incident " 

Independence Celebration, 

Chesapeake Bay, "^ 

The Night-Guard, ^'-^ 

Hampton Roads, 

Third Day.— A knowing Pilot— Meeting with the James- 
town— The Ericsson aground— The Virginia Reception 
Committee-On Goose Hill Flats-Speeches of Colonels 

Mumfort and Duryee— Progress up the River, 120 

The Glen Cove bound from Richmond for the Rehef of 

the Ericsson, " 

Ceremony of Reception; " 

The Disembarkation, • • • * 

Preparations previously made in Richmond for the Recep- 
tion of Mr. Monroe's Remains, • ^^ 

Second Meeting of the Citizens of Richmond, on the 29th ^ 

loo 

June, ,' . , 

Disembarkation at Rocketts-Removal and Interment at 

Hollywood-The Military and Civic Procession, and 
Solemn Ceremonies on the Occasion-The Popular De- 



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Pagb 
monstratiou of Respect for las Memory — Noble Ap- 
pearance of the Seventh Regiment of New-York Vol- 
unteers, 137 

Programme for the Fifth July, 138 

The City — Scenes in the Morning, 140 

Arrival of the Jamestown, 141 

The Impatient Crowd, 142 

Arrival of the New-York National Guard, 142 

Removal of the Remains, 143 

The Procession, .... 143 

Ceremonies at the Grave, 145 

Governor Wise's Address, 145 

Prayer by Rev. Charles H. Read, D.D., 149 

Close of the Ceremonies, 151 

The Dinner, 151 

Dining-room, 152 

The Speeches, etc., • . 153 

Close of the Day, l6l 

At Night, 162 

Scenes and Incidents, 164 

Serenade to the Governor and Mayor, 164 

Richmond Characteristics, 166 

The Death of Councilman Judson, 166 

A Fraternal Meeting, 167 

Departure of the Guard, 170 

The National Guard in Richmond — their Movements and 
Departure — Effect of the Visit of this Gallant Regi- 
ment to the City — Virginia Volunteers — their Admira- 
tion of the National Guard, 171 

Attention shown the Regiment at Richmond, 175 

Engagement on James River, 176 

The National Guard en route for Washington — The Rea- 
son why Governor Wise could not accompany the 
Guard — The Regiment expected to have had the honor 
of his Company to Mount Vernon, he having received 

a cordial invitation to that effect, 178 

Camping on a Steamboat, 178 

Amusements of the Voyage, 180 

A Court-Martial at Sea, 181 

Aground again, 182 

Court-martialing the Pilot, 183 

Preparatii'U^ for the R''ci'|>tiiMi :il Wasliiniit'iii . 185 



INDEX. 323 

Pag It 

DCSEMBARKATIOX FUOM THE ErICSSON",, 189 

Going on board the Steamboat Mount Vernon — Reaching 
Washington — Regimental Order — Review of the Regi- 
ment by the President and Cabinet — National Guard at 
the Tomb of ^Yashington — Description of Mount Ver- 
non — Ceremonies at tlie Tomb — Address of the Rev. 
Dr. Weston, the Chaplain — Memento of Mount Vernon 
— More Hospitality — Pursuit of Pleasure under Diffi- 
culties — March through Baltimore — Reception in Phi- 
ladelphia — En route for Home, 189 

Preparations in New- York to receive the Seventh Regi- 
ment, 206 

The Seventh Regiment at Home, 207 

Military Parade to receive and welcome them back, . . . 207 

Opinions of the Press, 218 

Compliments paid to the National Guard, during their 
Southern Tour, in Richmond, Washington, etc. ; with 
Comments regarding the Favorable Results of thoir 

Visit, 213 

The Death and Burial of Laurens Hamilton, 224 

Meeting of the City Authorities of Richmond, and Adop- 
tion of Resolutions expressive of sorrow and condolence 

for the Death of Laurens Hamilton, 236 

The Hamilton Monument, 237 

Movements of the National Guard prior to their Depart- 
ure FOR Virginia, 239 

Pressing Invitation received by them from the Cities of 
Richmond and Washington, and from the Heads of 
Military Companies of the South 239 

Letter of Thanks, 246 

Chronological History of the Seventh Regiment, National 

Guard, 254 

The Origin of the Uniform, 268 

Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the Seventh Regi- 
ment, National Guard, 269 

Colonel Abram Duryee, 269 

Lieutenant- Colonel Marshall Lefferts, 274 

Major E. M. Crawford 277 

Adjutant William A. Pond, 277 

Brevet Colonel Henry C. Shumway, 278 



324 IXDEX. 

Pagr 

Captain James Price, 270 

Captain Benjamin M. Nevers, "281 ) 

Captain Alexander Shaler, 280 

Captain William 11. Riblett, 281 

Captain John Monroe, 281 

Captain William A. Speaiglit, 282 

Captain William P. Bensel, 282 

Roll of Members of National Guard, Seventh Regiment,. . . . 283 

Field and Staff Officers, 283 

Non-Commissioned Staff, 284 

Troop, 284 

Engineer Corps, 285 

First Company, National Guard, 285 

Second Company, National Guard 287 

Honorary ilembers, 288 

Third Company, National Guard, 288 

Honorary Members, 290 

Fourth Company, National Guai'd, 290 

Honorary Members, 292 

Fifth Company, National Guard 292 

Honorary Members, 293 

Sixth Company, National Guard, 293 

Honorary Members, 295 

Seventh Company, National Guard 296 

Honorary and Exempt Members, 297 

Eighth Company, National Guard, 297 

Honorary Members, 299 

The Graves of the Presidents of the United S tate^, 300 

The Tomb of Washington, 301 

The Tomb of John Adams 303 

The Tomb of Jefferson, 305 

The Tomb of Monroe, 30(i 

The Tomb of Madison, 307 

The Tomb of John Quiiicy Adams, 308 

The Tomb of Jackson, 310 

The Tomb of Harrison, 311 

The Tomb of Polk, 312 

The Tomb of Taylor, 314 

TiiE Living Ex-Presidents, 314 

Conclusion, 315 



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